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ITALIAN VERB

ammontare

to amount to, to come to

  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: ammontato
  • Gerund: ammontando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. it amounts to

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. it amounted to

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. it used to amount to

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. it will amount to

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. it would amount to

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. (that) it amount to

How to use ammontare

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Il conto ammonta a ottanta euro.

    The bill comes to eighty euros.

  2. Past

    Il danno è ammontato a tremila euro.

    The damage came to three thousand euros.

  3. Imperfect

    L'affitto ammontava a metà dello stipendio.

    The rent amounted to half the salary.

  4. Future

    Il totale ammonterà a circa duecento euro.

    The total will come to about two hundred euros.

  5. Conditional

    Con le tasse ammonterebbe a molto di più.

    With taxes it would come to much more.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Temo che la spesa ammonti a più del previsto.

    I'm afraid the cost comes to more than expected.

Good to know

  • Ammontare a: il conto ammonta a cinquanta euro. Le spese ammontano a, in the plural.

Where you hear ammontare

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Italian · Advanced Level 1

  • Il preventivo ammonta a centomila euro. The estimate comes to a hundred thousand euros.
  • Il conto è ammontato a cinquanta euro. The bill came to fifty euros.
  • I lavori ammonteranno a centoventimila euro. The work will come to a hundred and twenty thousand euros.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -are verb.