impiegare
employ
The Italian word 'impiegare' is used to express the action of employing someone, giving them a job or work. It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object to complete its meaning. For example, 'La compagnia impiega molti dipendenti' means 'The company employs many employees'.
Example sentences using: impiegare
Impiega il tempo per imparare la lezione.
He spends time learning the lesson.
In this example, 'impiegare' is used in the context of using or spending time. It demonstrates that when translating between English and Italian, the verb 'impiegare' may be used to express the concept of using or spending time, which is a common area of confusion for beginners. Like many Italian verbs, 'impiegare' requires the use of a preposition to connect it to another action or object, in this case 'il tempo'.
Voglio impiegare i miei risparmi per aprire un ristorante.
I want to use my savings to open a restaurant.
Here, 'impiegare' indicates the usage of something in a specific purpose or activity. When the object of the sentence is a material or non-time object, as in 'i miei risparmi' (my savings), 'impiegare' can be directly translated to 'use'. In English, the infinitive verb is used directly after objects in these types of sentences, while in Italian, 'per' is used before the infinitive verb, giving us 'per aprire'.
Quanto tempo impiegherà per completare il progetto?
How much time will it take to complete the project?
In this context, 'impiegare' refers to the amount of time needed to complete an action. When using 'impiegare' to ask about time in future, it is often used in it's future tense form like 'impiegherà'. The preposition 'per' is used again here, connecting the verb to the infinitive 'completare'. This phrase shows another important use of 'impiegare' when discussing time required for an action.