past participle in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for past participle in the English»Italian Dictionary

past, present participle

participio passato, presente

Translations for past participle in the Italian»English Dictionary

participio passato

past participle

participio passato

past participle

Translations for past participle in the English»Italian Dictionary

participle [Brit ˈpɑːtɪsɪp(ə)l, pɑːˈtɪsɪp(ə)l, Am ˈpɑrdəˌsɪp(ə)l] N

participle

participio m

past, present participle

participio passato, presente

I.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] N

1. past:

past

passato m

in the past

in passato or un tempo

she had taught at the school in the past

aveva insegnato a scuola in passato

I have done things in the past that I'm not proud of

in passato ho fatto cose di cui non vado fiero

there are more students, unemployed people now than in the past

ora ci sono molti più studenti, disoccupati rispetto al passato

in the past we (always) spent our holidays in Greece, taken the train

in passato abbiamo (sempre) trascorso le vacanze in Grecia, abbiamo (sempre) preso il treno

to live in the past

vivere di ricordi

that's a thing of the past

è una cosa che appartiene al passato

soon petrol-driven cars will be a thing of the past

presto le auto a benzina saranno un ricordo del passato

he, she has a past

ha un passato

2. past LING:

past, also past tense

passato m

in the past

al passato

II.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] ADJ

1. past (preceding):

past week, days, month etc.

passato, scorso, ultimo

during the past few days, months

negli ultimi giorni, mesi

in the past three years, months

negli ultimi tre anni, mesi

the past two years have been difficult

gli ultimi due anni sono stati difficili

2. past (previous, former):

past generations, centuries, achievements, problems, experience

passato, precedente

past government

precedente

past president, chairman

ex presidente

past incumbent

ex titolare

in times past

nei tempi passati or nei tempi andati

3. past (finished):

summer is past

l'estate è finita

that's all past

è tutto passato

III.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] PREP

1. past (moving beyond):

to walk or go past sb, sth

passare davanti or oltre a qn, qc

to drive past sth

passare in auto davanti a qc

to run past sth

passare correndo davanti a qc

2. past (beyond in time):

it's past 6, midnight

sono le sei passate, è mezzanotte passata

twenty past two

le due e venti

half, quarter past two

le due e mezza, le due e un quarto

he is past 70

ha superato i 70 anni or ha passato la settantina

3. past (beyond in position):

past

oltre, al di là, dopo

past the church, the park

oltre or dopo la chiesa, il parco

4. past (beyond or above a certain level):

the temperature soared past 40°C

la temperatura salì bruscamente oltre 40°C

he didn't get past the first chapter

non andò più in là del primo capitolo

he didn't get past the first interview (for job)

non ha superato il primo colloquio

she can't count past ten

riesce a contare solo fino a dieci

5. past (beyond scope of):

to be past understanding

essere al di là dell'umana comprensione

he is past playing football, working

è troppo in là con gli anni per giocare a calcio, per lavorare

IV.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] ADV

1. past (onwards):

to go or walk past

passare oltre

2. past (ago):

two years past

due anni fa

V.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst]

to be past it inf

non avere più l'età

to be past its best cheese, fruit etc.:

essere un po' passato

to be past its best wine:

perdere un po'

I wouldn't put it past him, them to do

per me sarebbe anche capace, sarebbero anche capaci di fare

I'm past caring

non m'importa più (di nulla) or me ne infischio

past participle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for past participle in the English»Italian Dictionary

past participle N

past participle

participio m passato

Translations for past participle in the English»Italian Dictionary

participle [ˈpɑ:r·tɪ·sɪ·pl] N

participle

participio m

I.past [pæst] N

past

passato m

to be a thing of the past

appartenere al passato

sb with a past

qu che ha un passato (oscuro)

simple past

(tempo) passato m remoto

to write in the past

scrivere al passato

II.past [pæst] ADJ

past

passato, -a

the past week

la settimana scorsa

in times past

in altri tempi

that's past history

è acqua passata

III.past [pæst] PREP

1. past (temporal):

past

dopo

ten/quarter/half past two

le due e dieci/e un quarto/e mezzo

it's past 2

sono le 2 passsate

2. past (spatial):

past

oltre

3. past (beyond):

to be past thirty

aver passato la trentina

past belief

incredibile

past description

indescrivibile

I'm past caring

non me ne importa più nulla

I'm past that now iron

sono troppo vecchio per (fare) questo

IV.past [pæst] ADV

past

oltre

to go past

passare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The past participle is employed in the formation of compound tenses.

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This kept its class 6 past, but replaced the past participle vowel with the "oo" of class 4.

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Went is often used instead of gone as the past participle of the verb to go.

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The word is appropriate for the single as it is the past participle of velare, meaning to cover, wrap, hide, or conceal.

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The form of the past participle was also extended to form the weak past tense, spreading the irregular participle form to the entire past.

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The word intend may be mispronounced as instead of, while its past participle intended may be mispronounced as ("inteded") or ("intendend") instead of.

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The past participle levered is a slang expression meaning, doubled for penalties.

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Note also that the meanings of the formations that use "zijn" correspond to the meaning of the past participle when used as an adjective.

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Because of regular final-obstruent devoicing, the past participle ending is pronounced with a voiceless even though "d" is spelled.

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When the past participle is used in this way, it invariably ends with "-o".

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