adoperiamo

Adoperiamo is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb adoperare. It translates as "we use" or "we employ" and is used to indicate applying tools, methods, or resources to achieve a result. The verb adoperare is transitive and typically takes a direct object, as in adoperiamo strumenti (we use tools) or adoperiamo una soluzione (we employ a solution). The nuance is often more formal or literary than usare, and adoperare appears frequently in technical, academic, or administrative writing.

Etymology: Adoperare derives from Latin operare with the prefix ad-, conveying a sense of applying or employing.

Usage notes: In contemporary Italian, adoperare can be roughly synonymous with usare, but it carries a sense of deliberate or careful application and can imply allocation of resources or purposeful action. It is common in contexts such as research, engineering, policy, and legal language.

Examples: Adoperiamo nuove tecnologie per migliorare l'efficienza. Dobbiamo adoperare tutte le risorse disponibili per il progetto.

Conjugation: Adoperare is a regular -are verb, and adoperiamo is the present indicative first-person plural form. For other tenses and forms, the standard -are conjugation of adoperare applies.