adoperai

Adoperai is a grammatical form in Italian. It is the first-person singular passato remoto (remote past) of the verb adoperare, meaning to use or to employ. In literary and historical writing, the passato remoto is used to narrate events that took place in the distant past; adoperai translates to “I used” or “I employed” in that literary past tense. The form can appear without an explicit subject, as is common in Italian narratives.

Conjugation in the passato remoto (for adoperare): io adoperai, tu adoperasti, lui/lei adoperò, noi adoperammo, voi adoperaste, loro adoperarono. This form is specific to the past narrative and differs from the more common spoken Italian tenses such as passato prossimo or imperfect.

Adoperare is a transitive verb: adoperai is used with a direct object, as in “adoperai quel metodo” (I used that method). The nuance of adoperare often emphasizes deliberate use, application, or deployment of a resource, tool, or technique. In contemporary language, writers might prefer usare or impiegare for everyday speech, reserving adoperare for formal, technical, or literary contexts.

Etymology and related forms: adoperare derives from Latin operāre with a prefix ad-, evolving to mean to apply or utilize. Reflexive form adoperarsi exists to mean applying oneself to a task.

See also: Italian verbs, Passato remoto, Adoperare, Usage in literary Italian.