Meaning
to ventilate, float
- to air out or ventilate a room or space
- to bring up, moot, or float an idea or possibility tentatively
In a sentence
Apri le finestre per ventilare bene la stanza prima di cena.
Open the windows to ventilate the room properly before dinner.
I dirigenti hanno ventilato l'ipotesi di una fusione aziendale.
The managers floated the idea of a company merger.
Non dovresti ventilare certi dubbi davanti a tutti i colleghi.
You should not voice such doubts in front of all your colleagues.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ventilare | infinitive |
| ventilo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ventili | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ventila | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ventiliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ventilate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ventilano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ventilavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ventilavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ventilava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ventilavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ventilavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ventilavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ventilai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ventilasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ventilò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ventilammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ventilaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ventilarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ventilerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ventilerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ventilerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ventileremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ventilerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ventileranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ventili | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ventili | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ventili | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ventiliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ventiliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ventilino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ventilassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ventilassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ventilasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ventilassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ventilaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ventilassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ventilerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ventileresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ventilerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ventileremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ventilereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ventilerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ventila | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ventiliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ventilate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ventilando | gerund |
| ventilato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In figurative usage, it often introduces hypothetical plans or rumors in formal/journalistic contexts.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.