Italian conjugation: 250 verbs
The 250 verbs that turn up most often in this course’s sentences — each with every tense, our own example sentences, what is special about it and a short exercise. Search for a verb or filter by pattern.
A
- abitareto live (somewhere)
- accendereto switch on
- accompagnareto accompany
- accorciareto shorten
- accumulareto clock up
- acquistareto purchase, to acquire
- aggiornareto update
- aggiungereto add
- aiutareto help
- alimentareto supply
- allargareto widen
- allenarsito train
- allungareto stretch
- alzareto raise
- ammettereto admit
- andareto go
- annotareto note down
- annunciareto announce
- anticipareto bring forward
- apparecchiareto lay the table
- appoggiareto lean (something against)
- approvareto pass (a text)
- aprireto open
- archiviareto archive
- argomentareto argue a case
- arrivareto arrive
- asciugareto dry
- ascoltareto listen
- aspettareto wait
- assegnareto assign
- attaccareto fasten
- attraversareto cross
- aumentareto increase
- avanzareto be left over
- avereto have
- avvenireto happen, to take place (formal)
- avvisareto let somebody know
B
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- cadereto fall
- calareto lower
- calcolareto work out
- calmarsito calm down
- cambiareto change trains
- camminareto walk
- cancellareto delete
- cantareto sing
- capireto understand
- cedereto give way
- cercareto look for
- chiamareto call, to phone
- chiedereto ask, to ask for
- chiudereto close
- cifrareto encrypt
- cominciareto begin
- compensareto stabilise
- comprareto buy
- comprendereto include
- concedereto grant
- confrontareto compare
- conoscereto know (a person, a place)
- consegnareto deliver, to hand over
- consumareto use up
- contareto count
- contenereto contain
- controllareto check
- convenireto be worth it
- coprireto cover
- correggereto correct
- correreto run
- costareto cost
- costruireto build
- creareto create
- credereto believe
- crescereto grow
- criticareto criticise
D
- dareto give
- datareto date
- decidereto decide
- depositareto pay in, to deposit
- descrivereto describe
- dichiarareto declare
- direto say
- discutereto discuss, to argue
- diventareto become
- divergereto diverge
- dividereto divide up
- documentareto record, to document
- doppiareto lap
- dormireto sleep
- dovereto have to, to be supposed to
- durareto last
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- pagareto pay
- parlareto speak
- partireto set off, to leave
- passareto come by, to pass
- pensareto think
- perdereto lose
- permettereto allow, to permit
- pesareto weigh
- piacereto please, to be liked
- piovereto rain
- portareto wear, to carry
- posareto put down
- potereto be able to, to be allowed to
- premereto press
- prendereto take
- prenotareto book
- preparareto prepare
- presentareto submit
- prevedereto allow for
- produrreto yield (bring forth)
- proteggereto protect
- provareto try on
- pubblicareto publish
R
- raccogliereto pick, to harvest
- raccontareto tell (a story)
- raggiungereto reach
- rallentareto slow down
- registrarsito register
- rendereto render, to turn into
- respirareto breathe
- restituireto give back
- ricavareto derive (obtain from)
- richiamareto ring back
- richiedereto apply for
- riconoscereto recognise
- ridurreto cut back
- riempireto fill
- rimandareto put off
- rimanereto stay, to remain
- rinnovareto renew, to extend
- riparareto repair
- riportareto retrieve
- riposareto rest
- riprendereto resume
- risalireto climb back
- rispondereto answer
- riunireto gather together
- riuscireto manage
- rivelareto reveal
- rompereto break
- rovinareto ruin
S
- salireto get on
- saltareto jump
- salvareto save
- sapereto know (a fact, how to)
- scadereto expire
- scaldareto heat up
- scaricareto download
- scattareto trip
- scegliereto choose
- scendereto get off
- sciogliereto dissolve
- scrivereto write
- sedereto sit
- segnareto score
- seguireto follow
- sentireto hear, to feel
- separareto separate
- servireto be of use, to be needed
- smettereto stop (doing), to give up
- soccorrereto come to the aid of
- sostituireto stand in for, to replace
- sparireto vanish
- spegnereto switch off
- spiegareto explain
- spingereto push
- spostareto move (an appointment)
- staccareto detach
- stampareto print
- stareto be (of health, of staying)
- stringereto tighten
- studiareto study
- suonareto play (an instrument)
- superareto overcome
- sviluppareto develop
- svuotareto empty
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How this list is made
We counted how often the forms of each verb appear in the sentences of this course — in word lists, grammar topics and reading texts. A form that could belong to two verbs, or is usually a different word, does not count. The list holds the 250 verbs with the most occurrences that also have at least two example sentences here. The forms are not copied but calculated, twice: once from endings and rules, once from the principal parts. A page is only built when both calculations agree on every single form.
The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.