Verbs1 Flashcards
to go
andare
to open
aprire
to arrive
arrivare
to have
avere
to drink
bere
to understand
capire
to look, search for
cercare
to call
chiamare
to ask
chiedere
to begin, start
cominciare
to buy, purchase
comprare
to know, be familiar with
conoscere
to believe, think
credere
to give
dare
to say, tell
dire
to have to, must
dovere
to enter
entrare
to be
essere
to do, make
fare
to finish, end
finire
to play
giocare
to look at / out / up
guardare
to leave, allow
lasciare
to wash
lavare
to read
leggere
to eat
mangiare
to put
mettere
to die
morire
to pay
pagare
to speak
parlare
to leave, depart
partire
to think, believe
pensare
to lose
perdere
to be pleasing
piacere
to carry
portare
to be able to
potere
to take
prendere
to answer
rispondere
to know, know how
sapere [saˈpere] vb irreg VT
to write
scrivere
to feel, sense, hear
sentire
to spend
spendere
to stay, be
stare
to hold
tenere
to find
trovare
to leave, come/go out
uscire
to see
vedere
to come
venire
to live
vivere
to want, wish
volere
to win
vincere
to stay, be, remain, stand
stare
to mark, trace
tracciare
to happen, follow
succedere [sutˈtʃɛdere] vb irreg VI (aus essere)
to absolve, acquit
assolvere, assolto
to fire, shoot
sparare [spaˈrare] VT
to give back, thank, return, yield
rendere [ˈrɛndere] vb irregVT riso
to seem
parere
to explain
spiegare [spjeˈɡare] VT
to stop, give up
smettere [ˈzmettere] vb irregVT
to become
diventare [divenˈtare] VI (aus essere)
to amuse, entertain
divertire [diverˈtire] VT
to remember, recall
ricordare [rikorˈdare]VT
ricordarsi VIP ricordarsi (di)
to notice, realise
accorgersi [akˈkɔrdʒersi] VIP IRREG accorgersi di
to force or compel sb (to do sth)
costringere [kosˈtrindʒere] VT IRREG costringere qn (a fare qc)
to take away; (Med) to remove
asportare [asporˈtare] VT
to succeed (in sth/in doing sth), be successful (in sth/in doing sth)
to be able, manage
to be, prove (to be)
to go out again, go back out
riuscire [riuʃˈʃire] VI IRREG (aus essere)
to feign, pretend
fingere [ˈfindʒere] vb irregVT to feign, fingersi to pretend to be
to train
allenare [alleˈnare] VT to train ► allenarsi VR to train
to last
durare [duˈrare]VI (aus essere) (aus avere)
to collapse; (tetto) to cave in; (prezzi, titoli) to slump
crollare [krolˈlare] VI (aus essere)
to bear, carry; (to go)
recare [reˈkare] VT, recarsi VIP
to cover; to hold, to cover, shield; to drown; to conceal
coprire [koˈprire] vb irreg VT
to sing out of tune; to play out of tune
stonare [stoˈnare] VT
to hide, conceal
nascondere [nasˈkondere] vb irreg VT
to appear
mostrarsi VR (dimostrarsi)
to furnish
arredare [arreˈdare] VT
to put out, extinguish; to switch or turn off; to stifle; to extinguish ► to go out; to go off; to stall; to die down; to fade
spegnere [ˈspɛɲɲere] vb irreg VT ► spegnersi VIP
(rompere) to break, snap; (fig: interrompere) to break up
spezzare [spetˈtsare] VT (rompere) to break, snap
spezzarsi VI to break
to paint, to put on lipstick
pitturare [pittuˈrare] VT
► pitturarsi VR
to set or lay the table
apparecchiare [apparekˈkjare] VT
to pick up, collect, harvest
gather
raccogliere [rakˈkɔʎʎere] vb irreg VT ► raccogliersi VIP
to happen, occur
accadere [akkaˈdere] vb irreg (aus essere) VI
to unload; (passeggeri: da nave, aereo) to disembark, land; (: da autobus, macchina) to put down
sbarcare [zbarˈkare] VT
to grow, increase, expand
crescere [ˈkreʃʃere] vb irreg VI (aus essere)
to resemble, look like
rassomigliare [rassomiʎˈʎare] VI (aus essere); (aus avere) rassomigliare a
to discover, find out, uncover, expose
scoprire [skoˈprire] vb irreg VT
to reveal; to uncover ► to show o.s.
svelare [zveˈlare] VT ► svelarsi VR
to lend, to offer (to do sth), to lend itself to, be suitable for
prestare [presˈtare] VT ► prestarsi VR (offrirsi) ► prestarsi VIP (essere adatto)
to manage, run
gestire [dʒesˈtire] VT
to avert, ward off, to beg, implore, beseech
scongiurare [skondʒuˈrare] VT
explode, erupt
scoppiare [skopˈpjare] VI (aus essere)
to foil, thwart
sventare [zvenˈtare] VT
to disappear, vanish
sparire [spaˈrire] VI IRREG (aus essere)
to send
mandare [manˈdare] VT
to protect; (moralmente) to guard, shield; (fig: artista, arte) to be a patron of ► to protect o.s.
proteggere [proˈtɛddʒere] vb irregVT ► proteggersi VR
to nail down ► to stop dead
inchiodare [inkjoˈdare] VT • inchiodare qc a qc ► inchiodarsi VIP to stop dead
to be a long way (from)
distare [disˈtare] VI DIF (da)
to reject; (: agli esami) to fail
• to hit
bocciare [botˈtʃare] VT
to combine (with)
• (nomi) to link (with)
• (colori ecc) to match (with), to go (with)
abbinare [abbiˈnare] VT abbinare (con o a)
