Significado
to telephone, to call, to make a phone call [with a ‘to’]
- to telephone, call
- to communicate by telephone

En una frase
Ti telefono dopo cena, va bene?
I'll call you after dinner, okay?
Hai telefonato a tua madre ieri sera?
Did you call your mother last night?
Mi hanno telefonato per darmi la notizia stamattina.
They called me this morning to give me the news.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| telefonare | infinitive |
| telefoniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| telefono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| telefonate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| telefoni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| telefonano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| telefona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| telefonavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| telefonavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| telefonavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| telefonavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| telefonavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| telefonava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| telefonammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| telefonai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| telefonaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| telefonasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| telefonarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| telefonò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| telefoneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| telefonerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| telefonerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| telefonerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| telefoneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| telefonerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| telefoniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| telefoni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| telefoniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| telefoni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| telefonino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| telefoni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| telefonassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| telefonassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| telefonaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| telefonassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| telefonassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| telefonasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| telefoneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| telefonerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| telefonereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| telefoneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| telefonerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| telefonerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| telefoniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| telefonate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| telefona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| telefonando | gerund |
| telefonato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Use telefonare a qualcuno, not *telefonare qualcuno. The person takes a after the verb.
- In everyday speech, chiamare is more common and broader; telefonare specifically emphasizes the phone call.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho telefonato a Maria.