Meaning
to violate, break, infringe
- to trespass, intrude upon
- to rape, defile
In a sentence
Non puoi violare le regole del gioco.
You can't break the rules of the game.
Hai violato la mia privacy ieri?
Did you violate my privacy yesterday?
I manifestanti hanno violato il coprifuoco imposto dal governo.
The protesters violated the curfew imposed by the government.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| violare | infinitive |
| violiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| violo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| violate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| violi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| violano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| viola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| violavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| violavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| violavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| violavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| violavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| violava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| violammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| violai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| violaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| violasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| violarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| violò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| violeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| violerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| violerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| violerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| violeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| violerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| violiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| violi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| violiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| violi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| violino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| violi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| violassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| violassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| violaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| violassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| violassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| violasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| violeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| violerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| violereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| violeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| violerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| violerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| violiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| violate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| viola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| violando | gerund |
| violato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually transitive: violare una legge, un accordo, la privacy, il domicilio. Less common in everyday speech for physical breaking.
- More formal and legal than rompere or infrangere. Use it for rules, rights, borders, contracts, not for casually breaking objects.
- In compound tenses it takes avere: ha violato la legge. Regular -are verb: io violo, loro violano.