Impiegare

Impiegare is an Italian verb meaning to employ, to use, or to spend time in doing something. It is transitive and used with a direct object for the person or thing being employed, or with a time expression to indicate expenditure of time.

Main senses:

- To hire or engage a person or organization: L'azienda impiega dieci lavoratori.

- To use or deploy a resource or tool: Il software impiega molta memoria.

- To spend or devote time or effort to a task: Ho impiegato due ore per completare il rapporto.

In grammar, impiegare is a regular -are verb. Present indicative: io impiego, tu impieghi, lui impiega, noi impieghiamo, voi impiegate, loro impiegano. Participio passato: impiegato. Gerund: impiegando.

Nouns associated with the verb include l'impiego (employment, job, use) and l'impiegato (employee).

Etymology: The verb derives from Latin implicare and spread through Romance languages; it is cognate with Spanish emplear and French employer. The development of meaning from “to involve” or “to entwine” toward “to use” or “to employ” is characteristic of this family of verbs.

Notes: In everyday Italian, impiegare often replaces usare in contexts involving time or resources, but usare remains more common for simple “to use.” The noun impiego mainly refers to employment or the act of employing someone.