Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for look for is cercare
The Italian verb for look for is the irregular -ARE verb cercare.... imagine looking for game sitting in a CHAIR CARRIED by six men!
Cercare can also mean: to seek, to search, to pursue.
Related words include:
- cercare di (fare) (v) : to try to (do).
- cercarsela (v) : to ask for it.
- il cercapersonne (nm) : beeper, bleeper, pager (lit. person searcher).
- Chi cerca trove! : He who seeks finds!
These verbs add an h after c and before e and i so as to maintain the hard 'k' sound. Verbs conjugated in this way also include : cascare, fiaccare, placare, placcare, imbarcare, sbancare, sboscare, locare, seccare, spaccare, sprecare, toccare.
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Imagine looking for game sitting in a
CHAIR CARRIED by six men!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente look for |
cerco | cerchi | cerca | cerchiamo | cercate | cercano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto looked for |
cercavo | cercavi | cercava | cercavamo | cercavate | cercavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto looked for |
cercai | cercasti | cercò | cercammo | cercaste | cercarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will look for |
cercherò | cercherai | cercherà | cercheremo | cercherete | cercheranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would look for |
cercherei | cercheresti | cercherebbe | cercheremmo | cerchereste | cercherebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may look for |
cerchi | cerchi | cerchi | cerchiamo | cerchiate | cerchino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have looked for |
ho cercato | hai cercato | ha cercato | abbiamo cercato | avete cercato | hanno cercato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had looked for |
avevo cercato | avevi cercato | aveva cercato | avevamo cercato | avevate cercato | avevano cercato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have looked for |
avrò cercato | avrai cercato | avrà cercato | avremo cercato | avrete cercato | avranno cercato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have looked for |
avrei cercato | avresti cercato | avrebbe cercato | avremmo cercato | avreste cercato | avrebbero cercato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have looked for |
abbia cercato | abbia cercato | abbia cercato | abbiamo cercato | abbiate cercato | abbiano cercato |
| Imperative Imperativo look for! |
cerca! non cercare! |
(non) cerchi! | (non) cerchiamo! | (non) cercate! | (non) cerchino! | |
✔ Cercare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
✔ Learn cercare and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other -ARE verbs.
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