disporre

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin dispōnere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈspor.re/
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  • Rhymes: -orre
  • Hyphenation: di‧spór‧re

Verb

dispórre (first-person singular present dispóngo, first-person singular past historic dispósi, past participle dispósto or dispòsto, first-person singular imperfect disponévo, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to place; to arrange; to set out; to organize
    Synonyms: ordinare, sistemare, mettere a posto, collocare, accomodare, mettere, distribuire, allineare, schierare, catalogare, strutturare
    disporre i file sul computer ― to organize one's computer files
    disporre i propri vestiti per la partenza ― to arrange one's clothes for the departure
  2. (transitive) to prepare or prime; to dispose (to)
    Synonyms: predisporre, approntare, organizzare, provvedere
    a malecuore mi sono disposto la mente all'ascolto
    I grudgingly primed my mind for listening
  3. (transitive) to command; to mandate; to require
    Synonyms: comandare, dare ordini, imporre, prescrivere, decretare, deliberare
    le regole mi dispongono di estrometterti da scuola
    the rules command me to expel you from school
  4. (transitive, archaic) to expose
  5. (transitive, archaic) to explain; to clarify
  6. (transitive, archaic) to depose
  7. (intransitive) to entrust; to count
  8. (intransitive) to have at one's disposal
    Synonyms: avere a disposizione, possedere, avere
  9. (intransitive) to guide someone's will; to exploitatively direct; to use
    lei ha disposto di me al suo piacimento
    she used me for her own gratification
  10. (intransitive) to make available
    l'università dispone di una biblioteca
    the university makes its library available
  11. (intransitive) to have employed
    la fabbrica dispone di 500 operai
    the factory has 500 workers employed
  12. (intransitive, banking) to oblige by draft, check, etc. or
    l'assegno è disposto a carico della banca ― the check is paid out by the bank

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dispórre (syncopated; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive dispórre
auxiliary verb avére gerund disponèndo
present participle disponènte past participle dispósto, dispòsto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present dispóngo dispóni dispóne disponiàmo disponéte dispóngono
imperfect disponévo disponévi disponéva disponevàmo disponevàte disponévano
past historic dispósi disponésti dispóse disponémmo disponéste dispósero
future disporrò disporrài disporrà disporrémo disporréte disporrànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present disporrèi disporrésti disporrèbbe, disporrébbe disporrémmo disporréste disporrèbbero, disporrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present dispónga dispónga dispónga disponiàmo disponiàte dispóngano
imperfect disponéssi disponéssi disponésse disponéssimo disponéste disponéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
dispóni dispónga disponiàmo disponéte dispóngano
negative imperative non dispórre non dispónga non disponiàmo non disponéte non dispóngano

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Further reading

  • disporre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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