past tense in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for past tense in the English»Italian Dictionary

past tense [ˌpɑːstˈtens] N LING

past tense

passato m (remoto)

to talk about sb in the past tense

parlare di qn al passato

Translations for past tense in the English»Italian Dictionary

past, also past tense

passato m

in the past tense

al passato

Translations for past tense in the Italian»English Dictionary

al passato

in the past tense

parlare di qn al passato fig

to talk about sb in the past tense

passato

past (tense)

Translations for past tense in the English»Italian Dictionary

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

I.tense¹ [Brit tɛns, Am tɛns] ADJ

1. tense (strained):

tense atmosphere, conversation, person, relationship

teso

tense silence

carico di tensione

tense moment, hours

difficile, carico di tensione

I get tense easily

divento nervoso facilmente

it makes me tense

mi rende nervoso

tense with fear

raggelato per la paura

2. tense (exciting):

tense

emozionante

3. tense (taut):

tense

tirato

tense

teso

II.tense¹ [Brit tɛns, Am tɛns] VB trans

tense muscle

tendere

tense body

irrigidire

to tense oneself

irrigidirsi

III.tense¹ [Brit tɛns, Am tɛns] VB intr

tense

irrigidirsi

tense² [Brit tɛns, Am tɛns] N LING

tense

tempo m (verbale)

the present tense

il presente (of di)

in the past tense

al passato

past tense in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for past tense in the English»Italian Dictionary

past tense N

past tense

(tempo) m passato

Translations for past tense in the English»Italian Dictionary

tense¹ [tents] N LING

tense

tempo m

I.tense² [tents] ADJ

tense wire, person, atmosphere:

tense

teso, -a

II.tense² [tents] VB trans

tense

tendere

III.tense² [tents] VB intr

tense

entrare in tensione

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

After 1865, tuckahoe became an historical term, used almost exclusively in the past tense.

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Note that the tense changes as well, so that in the first example the past tense is used even though the present tense is intended.

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In past tense, this is similar: instead of employing ", it uses the lexical item".

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With regular and some irregular verbs, the past tense form also serves as a past participle.

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The first and third person of the past tense are identical (as in weak verbs).

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They form their past tense with an ending containing a dental consonant, "-d-" or "-t-".

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The infinitive, present and past tense also have a passive form.

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The "suffix conjugation" takes suffixes indicating the person, number and gender of the subject, and normally indicates past tense (or alternatively, perfective aspect).

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For the imperfective aspect, suffixes are used to indicate the past tense indicative mood, the non-past tense indicative mood, and the subjunctive and imperative moods.

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In (21), the verb to drop takes on the verb form - ochiru, conjugated in past tense.

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