disporre
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈspor.re/
Audio (file) - 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)
- (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
- (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
- (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
- (transitive, archaic) to expose
- (transitive, archaic) to explain; to clarify
- (transitive, archaic) to depose
- (intransitive) to entrust; to count [+ di (object) = on (someone)] [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to have at one's disposal [+ di (object)] [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to guide someone's will; to exploitatively direct; to use [+ di (someone)] [auxiliary avere]
- lei ha disposto di me al suo piacimento
- she used me for her own gratification
- (intransitive) to make available [+ di (object)] [auxiliary avere]
- l'università dispone di una biblioteca
- the university makes its library available
- (intransitive) to have employed [+ di (object)] [auxiliary avere]
- la fabbrica dispone di 500 operai
- the factory has 500 workers employed
- (intransitive, banking) to oblige by draft, check, etc. [+ su (object)] or [+ a carico di (object)] [auxiliary avere]
- 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)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- disporre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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