adoperò

Adoperò is the third-person singular form of the Italian verb adoperare in the passato remoto, the simple past tense used primarily in literature and formal historical narration. Adoperare means to use, employ, or apply something, and it is a transitive verb that takes a direct object. In contemporary spoken Italian, the related meaning is often expressed with the passato prossimo using essere or avere forms (ha usato, ha impiegato) rather than the passato remoto.

In terms of conjugation, adoperare is a regular -are verb. In the passato remoto the principal forms are: io adoperai, tu adoperasti, lui/lei adoperò, noi adoperammo, voi adoperaste, loro adoperarono. The form adoperò specifically corresponds to the third-person singular “he/she/it used/employed.” The verb also exists in other tenses and moods, including present adoperiamo (we use) and imperfect adoperavo (I was using), though these are used more commonly in contemporary speech.

Usage and register vary by genre. Adoperare carries a formal or literary tone and is common in technical, legal, historical, or scholarly writing. In everyday language, speakers more often choose usare or impiegare, depending on nuance. Adoperare can appear with a wide range of objects, such as strumenti (tools), risorse (resources), or metodi (methods): adoperò strumenti specifici, adoperò risorse limitate, adoperò nuovi metodi.

Etymology traces adoperare to Latin operare, with the prefix ad- forming a verb meaning to apply or use. The form adoperò is the literary passato remoto counterpart used to recount past actions with narrative distance. The reflexive adoperarsi (to endeavor, to apply oneself) exists and follows a separate conjugation (si adoperò in the passato remoto).