Significado
to please or satisfy; alternative form of accontentare
Em uma frase
Non riesco mai a contentare tutti in ufficio.
I can never please everyone at the office.
Ti basta questo dolce per contentarti?
Is this dessert enough to satisfy you?
Abbiamo contentato i bambini con un gelato.
We pleased the children with an ice cream.
Formas da palavra (48)
| Palavra | Formas da palavra |
|---|---|
| contentare | infinitive |
| contentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| contento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| contentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| contentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| contentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| contentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| contentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| contentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| contenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| contenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| contenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| contenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| contenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| contenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| contentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| contenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| contentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| contenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| contentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| contentate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| contenta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| contentando | gerund |
| contentato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Less common than accontentare; many speakers prefer accontentare in everyday Italian.
- Usually takes a direct object: contentare qualcuno. Don’t use a before the person.
- Mostly transitive. For 'be satisfied,' use accontentarsi, not contentare.