subministrare

Subministrare is an Italian transitive verb meaning to supply, furnish, or provide something to someone. It denotes the act of delivering goods, materials, or services from a supplier to a recipient and is widely used in business, logistics, public administration, and healthcare supply chains. The word can also refer to administering something in organizational or institutional contexts, though in medicine the term somministrare is more common for patient doses.

Etymology and form: the verb is formed from ministrare, with the prefix sub-, and derives from Latin elements related to serving or attending. It is used with a direct object and follows the standard conjugation pattern of -are verbs in Italian.

Usage and nuance: subministrare tends to be about provisioning and delivery of items or services from a supplier to a recipient, such as components, equipment, or energy supplies. In medical contexts, somministrare is typically preferred for giving a drug or treatment to a patient, while subministrare may appear when referring to supplying a medication to a facility, pharmacy, or organization rather than directly to an individual patient.

Conjugation (present and key forms): present indicative is io subministro, tu subministri, lui/lei subministra, noi subministriamo, voi subministrate, loro subministrano. The past participle is subministrato, used with auxiliary essere or avere in compound tenses, e.g., ho subministrato. Other tenses align with regular -are verb conjugation.

See also: fornire, distribuire, erogare, somministrazione, fornitura, fornitore.