Meaning
to usurp, seize
- to wrongfully seize, take over, or assume power, a title, or a right by force or fraud
In a sentence
Il generale ribelle ha tentato di usurpare il comando supremo dell'esercito.
The rebel general attempted to usurp the supreme command of the army.
Nessuno può usurpare diritti che appartengono legittimamente alla collettività.
No one can usurp rights that legitimately belong to the community.
Chi gli ha permesso di usurpare un titolo accademico che non possiede?
Who allowed him to falsely assume an academic title he doesn't hold?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| usurpare | infinitive |
| usurpo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| usurpi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| usurpa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| usurpiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| usurpate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| usurpano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| usurpavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| usurpavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| usurpava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| usurpavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| usurpavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| usurpavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| usurpai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| usurpasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| usurpò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| usurpammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| usurpaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| usurparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| usurperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| usurperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| usurperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| usurperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| usurperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| usurperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| usurpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| usurpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| usurpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| usurpiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| usurpiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| usurpino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| usurpassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| usurpassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| usurpasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| usurpassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| usurpaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| usurpassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| usurperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| usurperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| usurperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| usurperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| usurpereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| usurperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| usurpa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| usurpiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| usurpate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| usurpando | gerund |
| usurpato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Commonly used with titles, power, rights, or identity ('usurpare il potere', 'usurpare un titolo').