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nounnounadjective

l’indispensabile

indispensable

Definition & meaning

Indispensabile means indispensable, essential, or absolutely necessary. It describes something or someone that cannot be done without.

  • L’acqua è indispensabile alla vita. — Water is essential for life.
  • È un collaboratore indispensabile. — He is an indispensable colleague.

Grammar & Word origin

Indispensabile is an adjective with the same form for masculine and feminine nouns. Its plural is indispensabili.

It comes from the prefix in-, expressing negation, and dispensabile, meaning “dispensable” or “able to be done without.”

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms

  • essenziale — essential; often emphasizes something fundamental to the nature or function of a thing.
  • necessario — necessary; generally less emphatic than indispensabile.
  • imprescindibile — imperative or indispensable; often used for a condition or requirement that cannot be ignored.

Antonyms

  • superfluo — superfluous or unnecessary.
  • dispensabile — dispensable; able to be done without.

Common phrases & collocations

  • indispensabile per — essential for
  • indispensabile a — essential to
  • ritenere indispensabile — to consider indispensable

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Examples

È indispensabile avere acqua in casa.adjective

It is indispensable to have water at home.

Strumenti tecnologici sono ormai indispensabili per studiare.adjective

Technological tools are now indispensable for studying.

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