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ITALIAN VERB

ospitare

to host, to put someone up

  • #362 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: ospitato
  • Gerund: ospitando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I host
  2. tu you host
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she hosts
  4. noi we host
  5. voi you all host
  6. loro they host

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I hosted
  2. tu you hosted
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she hosted
  4. noi we hosted
  5. voi you all hosted
  6. loro they hosted

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to host
  2. tu you used to host
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to host
  4. noi we used to host
  5. voi you all used to host
  6. loro they used to host

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will host
  2. tu you will host
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will host
  4. noi we will host
  5. voi you all will host
  6. loro they will host

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would host
  2. tu you would host
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would host
  4. noi we would host
  5. voi you all would host
  6. loro they would host

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I host
  2. tu (that) you host
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she host
  4. noi (that) we host
  5. voi (that) you all host
  6. loro (that) they host

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu host!
  2. Lei host! (formal)
  3. noi host! (let’s)
  4. voi host! (all of you)

How to use ospitare

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

  1. Present

    Questo weekend ospitiamo i cugini di Palermo.

    This weekend we're putting up the cousins from Palermo.

  2. Past

    Ci hanno ospitato per una settimana a Firenze.

    They put us up for a week in Florence.

  3. Imperfect

    La nonna ospitava mezzo paese a Ferragosto.

    Grandma would host half the village on August fifteenth.

  4. Future

    Ti ospiterò volentieri quando vieni a Roma.

    I'll gladly put you up when you come to Rome.

  5. Conditional

    Ti ospiterei, ma ho una casa minuscola.

    I'd put you up, but I have a tiny place.

  6. Present subjunctive

    È gentile che ci ospitino così a lungo.

    It's kind of them to host us for so long.

  7. Imperative

    Ospitali tu stavolta, io l'ho fatto a Pasqua.

    You host them this time, I did it at Easter.

Good to know

  • L'ospite is both the host and the guest in Italian; ospitare is what the host does.

Verbs like this one

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