Italian verbs list

Italian verbs list

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Also find their English translations in the columns behind the infinitive. Followed by the columns containing wether the verb is regular of reflexive.

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Italian verb	English translation	Regular/Irregular	Reflexive
abbandonare	to abandon	Regular	No
abbassare	to lower / pull down	Regular	No
abbracciare	to hug / embrace	Regular	No
abbronzare	to tan	Regular	No
abitare	to live	Regular	No
abituarsi	to get used to	Regular	Yes
abusare	to abuse	Regular	No
accadere	to happen	Regular	No
accendere	to light / turn on	Regular	No
accettare	to accept	Regular	No
accogliere	to welcome	Regular	No
accompagnare	to accompany / go with	Regular	No
accorgersi	to realise / realize / notice / become aware of	Regular	Yes
addormentarsi	to fall asleep	Regular	Yes
aderire	to adhere	Regular	No
adorare	to adore	Regular	No
affermare	to affirm	Regular	No
afferrare	to seize / grab	Regular	No
affittare	to rent	Regular	No
affliggere	to afflict	Regular	No
affogare	to drown	Regular	No
affrettarsi	to rush / hurry	Regular	Yes
aggiornare	to update	Regular	No
aggiungere	to add	Regular	No
aiutare	to help	Regular	No
allenare	to train / coach	Regular	No
allevare	to raise, bring up	Regular	No
alludere	to allude	Regular	No
alzare	to raise	Regular	No
alzarsi	to get up	Regular	Yes
amare	to love	Regular	No
ammazzare	to kill	Regular	No
ammettere	to admit	Regular	No
ammirare	to admire	Regular	No
andare	to go	Irregular	No
andarsene	to go away	Regular	No
angolare	to slant / angle	Regular	No
annegare	to drown	Regular	No
annoiare	to annoy / bore	Regular	No
annoiarsi	to be bored	Regular	Yes
annullare	to cancel	Regular	No
anticipare	to anticipate	Regular	No
apparecchiare	to set / lay	Regular	No
apparire	to appear	Regular	No
appartenere	to belong	Regular	No
apprendere	to learn	Regular	No
aprire	to open	Regular	No
ardere	to burn	Regular	No
arrabbiarsi	to get angry	Regular	Yes
arrestare	to arrest / stop	Regular	No
arrivare	to arrive	Regular	No
arrostire	to roast	Regular	No
asciugare	to dry	Regular	No
ascoltare	to listen / hear	Regular	No
aspettare	to wait for / expect	Regular	No
assaggiare	to taste	Regular	No
assalire	to assail / assault	Regular	No
assistere	to assist / attend	Regular	No
assumere	to assume	Regular	No
attendere	to await / wait for / expect	Regular	No
attraversare	to cross	Regular	No
attribuire	to attribute	Regular	No
aumentare	to increase	Regular	No
avanzare	to advance	Regular	No
avere	to have	Irregular	No
avvisare	to advise	Regular	No
avvolgere	to wrap up	Regular	No
baciare	to kiss	Regular	No
ballare	to dance	Regular	No
bastare	to be enough / suffice	Regular	No
benedire	to bless	Regular	No
bere	to drink	Irregular	No
bloccare	to block	Regular	No
bocciare	to fail / reject / turn down	Regular	No
bollire	to boil	Regular	No
bruciare	to burn	Regular	No
bruciarsi	to burn oneself	Regular	Yes
bussare	to knock	Regular	No
buttarsi	to throw oneself into	Regular	Yes
cadere	to fall	Regular	No
calcolare	to calculate	Regular	No
calmarsi	to calm oneself down	Regular	Yes
cambiare	to change	Regular	No
camminare	to walk	Regular	No
cancellare	to cancel	Regular	No
cantare	to sing	Regular	No
capire	to understand	Regular	No
caricare	to load / charge	Regular	No
causare	to cause	Regular	No
cedere	to cede / give in	Regular	No
celebrare	to celebrate	Regular	No
cenare	to have dinner	Regular	No
cercare	to look for /search	Regular	No
chiamare	to call / phone	Regular	No
chiedere	to ask	Regular	No
chiudere	to close	Regular	No
cogliere	to pick / gather	Regular	No
colpire	to hit / strike	Regular	No
coltivare	to cultivate / grow	Regular	No
combinare	to combine	Regular	No
cominciare	to commence / begin / start	Regular	No
commettere	to commit	Regular	No
commuovere	to affect	Regular	No
compiacere	to satisfy	Regular	No
comporre	to compose	Regular	No
comportarsi	to behave oneself	Regular	Yes
comprare	to buy	Regular	No
comprendere	to comprise / understand	Regular	No
comunicare	to communicate	Regular	No
concedere	to concede	Regular	No
concludere	to conclude	Regular	No
concordare	to agree	Regular	No
condividere	to share	Regular	No
condurre	to lead	Regular	No
confondere	to confuse	Regular	No
conoscere	to know	Regular	No
consistere	to consist	Regular	No
consumare	to consume	Regular	No
contendere	to contend	Regular	No
contenere	to contain	Regular	No
continuare	to continue	Regular	No
contraddire	to contradict	Regular	No
controllare	to control / check	Regular	No
convertire	to convert	Regular	No
convincere	to convince	Regular	No
coprire	to cover	Regular	No
correggere	to correct	Regular	No
correre	to run	Regular	No
corrispondere	to correspond	Regular	No
corrompere	to corrupt	Regular	No
costare	to cost	Regular	No
costringere	to force	Regular	No
costruire	to build	Regular	No
credere	to believe	Regular	No
crescere	to grow	Regular	No
cucinare	to cook	Regular	No
cucire	to sew	Regular	No
cuocere	to cook	Regular	No
dare	to give	Regular	No
decidere	to decide	Regular	No
definire	to define	Regular	No
deliberare	to deliberate	Regular	No
depositare	to deposit	Regular	No
descrivere	to describe	Regular	No
desiderare	to desire / wish	Regular	No
determinare	to determine	Regular	No
detestare	to detest	Regular	No
dettare	to dictate	Regular	No
difendere	to defend	Regular	No
diffondere	to diffuse / spread	Regular	No
digerire	to digest	Regular	No
dimenticare	to forget	Regular	No
diminuire	to diminish / decrease	Regular	No
dimostrare	to demonstrate	Regular	No
dipendere	to depend	Regular	No
dipingere	to paint	Regular	No
dire	to say	Irregular	No
dirigere	to direct	Regular	No
disarmare	to disarm	Regular	No
discendere	to descend	Regular	No
discorrere	to talk / chat	Regular	No
discutere	to discuss	Regular	No
disegnare	to design / draw	Regular	No
disfare	to undo / unpack	Regular	No
disgustare	to disgust	Regular	No
disperare	to despair	Regular	No
dispiacere	to displease / disappoint	Regular	No
dissolvere	to dissolve	Regular	No
distinguere	to distinguish	Regular	No
distrarre	to distract	Regular	No
distruggere	to destroy	Regular	No
diventare	to become	Regular	No
divertirsi	to enjoy oneself	Regular	Yes
dividere	to divide / separate	Regular	No
divorziare	to divorce	Regular	No
dolere	to suffer pain	Regular	No
domandare	to demand / ask	Regular	No
dormire	to sleep	Regular	No
dovere	to have to	Regular	No
durare	to last / endure	Regular	No
eleggere	to elect	Regular	No
elevare	to elevate	Regular	No
eliminare	to eliminate	Regular	No
emergere	to emerge	Regular	No
emettere	to emit	Regular	No
entrare	to enter	Regular	No
esagerare	to exaggerate	Regular	No
esaminare	to examine	Regular	No
esasperare	to exasperate	Regular	No
esaurire	to exhaust	Regular	No
escludere	to exclude	Regular	No
esibire	to exhibit	Regular	No
esistere	to exist	Regular	No
esplodere	to explode	Regular	No
esplorare	to explore / discover	Regular	No
esprimere	to express	Regular	No
essere	to be	Irregular	No
estendere	to extend / increase	Regular	No
evitare	to avoid	Regular	No
facilitare	to facilitate	Regular	No
fallire	to fail	Regular	No
falsificare	to falsify	Regular	No
fare	to do / make	Irregular	No
ferire	to wound	Regular	No
fermare	to stop	Regular	No
fermarsi	to stop oneself	Regular	Yes
festeggiare	to party / celebrate	Regular	No
fidarsi	to trust	Regular	Yes
filmare	to film	Regular	No
fingere	to fake / pretend	Regular	No
finire	to finish / end	Regular	No
firmare	to sign	Regular	No
fissare	to fix	Regular	No
fondere	to melt / merge / fuse	Regular	No
formare	to form / make up	Regular	No
fotografare	to take a picture	Regular	No
friggere	to fry	Regular	No
fuggire	to escape	Regular	No
fumare	to smoke	Regular	No
funzionare	to function	Regular	No
garantire	to guarantee	Regular	No
generare	to generate	Regular	No
gestire	to manage / run / organise	Regular	No
gettare	to throw	Regular	No
giacere	to lie	Regular	No
giocare	to play	Regular	No
girare	to turn / rotate	Regular	No
giudicare	to judge	Regular	No
giungere	to arrive / reach	Regular	No
giurare	to swear	Regular	No
giustificare	to justify	Regular	No
glorificare	to glorify	Regular	No
godere	to enjoy / relish	Regular	No
governare	to govern	Regular	No
gridare	to shout / scream	Regular	No
guadagnare	to earn	Regular	No
guardare	to look at	Regular	No
guarire	to heal / get better / recover / cure	Regular	No
guidare	to drive / guide	Regular	No
gustare	to taste / savour	Regular	No
illudere	to deceive	Regular	No
imbucare	to post	Regular	No
immaginare	to imagine	Regular	No
immergere	to immerse	Regular	No
imparare	to learn	Regular	No
impaurire	to frighten / scare	Regular	No
impazzire	to go mad	Regular	No
impersonare	to impersonate	Regular	No
impiegare	to employ	Regular	No
implicare	to implicate	Regular	No
imporre	to impose	Regular	No
imprimere	to impress / stamp	Regular	No
includere	to include	Regular	No
incontrare	to meet	Regular	No
indicare	to indicate	Regular	No
indossare	to wear / put on	Regular	No
inferire	to infer	Regular	No
infliggere	to inflict	Regular	No
informare	to inform	Regular	No
iniziare	to start	Regular	No
innamorarsi	to fall in love	Regular	Yes
inquinare	to pollute	Regular	No
insegnare	to teach	Regular	No
insistere	to insist	Regular	No
intendere	to intend / mean	Regular	No
interessare	to affect / interest	Regular	No
interrompere	to interrupt	Regular	No
intervenire	to intervene	Regular	No
introdurre	to introduce	Regular	No
invadere	to invade	Regular	No
invecchiare	to grow old	Regular	No
inviare	to send	Regular	No
invitare	to invite	Regular	No
istruire	to instruct	Regular	No
lamentarsi	to complain	Regular	Yes
lanciare	to fling	Regular	No
lasciare	to leave / let	Regular	No
lavare	to wash	Regular	No
lavarsi	to wash oneself	Regular	Yes
lavorare	to work	Regular	No
legare	to tie up	Regular	No
leggere	to read	Regular	No
liberare	to liberate	Regular	No
limitare	to limit	Regular	No
liquidare	to liquidate / settle	Regular	No
lodare	to praise	Regular	No
lottare	to struggle / fight	Regular	No
lusingare	to flatter	Regular	No
macchiare	to stain	Regular	No
maledire	to curse	Regular	No
maltrattare	to mistreat	Regular	No
mancare	to miss	Regular	No
mandare	to send	Regular	No
mangiare	to eat	Regular	No
mantenere	to maintain	Regular	No
mascherare	to mask	Regular	No
medicare	to medicate	Regular	No
mentire	to lie	Regular	No
meritare	to deserve / merit	Regular	No
mettere	to put	Regular	No
migliorare	to better / improve	Regular	No
misurare	to measure	Regular	No
moderare	to moderate	Regular	No
modificare	to modify	Regular	No
mordere	to bite	Regular	No
morire	to die	Regular	No
mostrare	to show	Regular	No
muovere	to move / stir	Regular	No
mutare	to mutate / change	Regular	No
nascere	to be born	Regular	No
nascondere	to hide	Regular	No
navigare	to navigate / surf (internet)	Regular	No
negare	to deny	Regular	No
negoziare	to negotiate	Regular	No
nevicare	to snow	Regular	No
noleggiare	to rent / hire	Regular	No
nominare	to name	Regular	No
notare	to note / notice	Regular	No
notificare	to notify	Regular	No
nuocere	to harm	Regular	No
nuotare	to swim	Regular	No
nutrire	to nurture	Regular	No
obbligare	to obligate	Regular	No
occupare	to occupy	Regular	No
odiare	to hate	Regular	No
offendere	to offend	Regular	No
offrire	to offer	Regular	No
omettere	to omit	Regular	No
onorare	to honor	Regular	No
operare	to operate	Regular	No
opporre	to oppose	Regular	No
opprimere	to oppress	Regular	No
ordinare	to order / arrange	Regular	No
organizzare	to organize	Regular	No
osare	to dare	Regular	No
oscurare	to obscure	Regular	No
osservare	to observe	Regular	No
ostinarsi	to persist	Regular	Yes
ottenere	to obtain	Regular	No
pagare	to pay	Regular	No
parcheggiare	to park	Regular	No
parere	to seem / appear	Regular	No
parlare	to talk / speak	Regular	No
partecipare	to participate	Regular	No
partire	to leave / depart	Regular	No
passare	to pass	Regular	No
passeggiare	to walk / stroll	Regular	No
patire	to endure / suffer	Regular	No
peggiorare	to deteriorate / worsen	Regular	No
pendere	to hang	Regular	No
penetrare	to penetrate	Regular	No
pensare	to think	Regular	No
percuotere	to strike / hit	Regular	No
perdere	to lose / leak	Regular	No
permettere	to permit	Regular	No
persuadere	to persuade	Regular	No
pesare	to weigh	Regular	No
pescare	to fish	Regular	No
pettinare	to comb	Regular	No
piacere	to like / be pleasing	Regular	No
piangere	to cry	Regular	No
pianificare	to plan / schedule	Regular	No
piegare	to fold	Regular	No
piovere	to rain	Regular	No
porgere	to offer / hand	Regular	No
porre	to place / set	Regular	No
portare	to bring / carry	Regular	No
possedere	to possess	Regular	No
potere	to be able to	Irregular	No
pranzare	to have lunch	Regular	No
predire	to predict	Regular	No
preferire	to prefer	Regular	No
premere	to press / push	Regular	No
prendere	to take / get	Regular	No
prenotare	to book / reserve	Regular	No
preoccupare	to worry	Regular	No
preparare	to prepare	Regular	No
presentare	to present	Regular	No
prestare	to lend	Regular	No
pretendere	to demand	Regular	No
prevalere	to prevail	Regular	No
prevedere	to foresee / predict	Regular	No
prevenire	to prevent / anticipate / forestall	Regular	No
produrre	to produce	Regular	No
proibire	to prohibit	Regular	No
promettere	to promise	Regular	No
promuovere	to promote	Regular	No
pronunciare	to pronounce	Regular	No
proporre	to propose	Regular	No
proteggere	to protect	Regular	No
provare	to try / prove	Regular	No
provvedere	to provide	Regular	No
pulire	to clean	Regular	No
pungere	to sting / bite	Regular	No
punire	to punish	Regular	No
raccomandare	to recommend	Regular	No
raccontare	to recount	Regular	No
radersi	to shave oneself	Regular	Yes
raggiungere	to reach	Regular	No
ragionare	to reason	Regular	No
rappresentare	to represent	Regular	No
rassegnarsi	to resign oneself	Regular	Yes
recitare	to recite	Regular	No
redigere	to edit	Regular	No
regalare	to gift	Regular	No
reggere	to support	Regular	No
regolare	to regulate	Regular	No
rendere	to render	Regular	No
resistere	to resist	Regular	No
respirare	to breathe	Regular	No
restare	to stay	Regular	No
restituire	to restore / return	Regular	No
riassumere	to resume	Regular	No
ricercare	to research	Regular	No
ricevere	to receive	Regular	No
riconoscere	to recognise	Regular	No
ricordare	to remember	Regular	No
ridere	to laugh	Regular	No
ridire	to repeat / criticize	Regular	No
ridurre	to reduce	Regular	No
riempire	to fill / refill	Regular	No
rifare	to do again / redo / remake / make again	Regular	No
rifiutare	to refuse	Regular	No
riflettere	to reflect / reflect	Regular	No
rimanere	to remain	Regular	No
rimproverare	to reproach	Regular	No
rincrescere	to regret	Regular	No
ringraziare	to thank	Regular	No
rinnovare	to renew	Regular	No
riparare	to repair	Regular	No
ripetere	to repeat	Regular	No
riposare	to rest	Regular	No
riscaldare	to heat	Regular	No
risolvere	to resolve	Regular	No
rispettare	to respect	Regular	No
rispondere	to respond / answer	Regular	No
ritenere	to retain	Regular	No
ritornare	to go back /return	Regular	No
riunire	to reunite	Regular	No
riuscire	to succeed	Regular	No
rivolgersi	to turn around	Regular	Yes
rodere	to gnaw	Regular	No
rompere	to break	Regular	No
rubare	to steal / rob	Regular	No
salire	to get on / board / get in / go up / climb	Regular	No
saltare	to jump / explode	Regular	No
salutare	to greet	Regular	No
salvare	to save	Regular	No
sapere	to know	Irregular	No
sbagliare	to make a mistake	Regular	No
sbarcare	to disembark	Regular	No
scambiare	to exchange	Regular	No
scaricare	to download / unload	Regular	No
scegliere	to choose	Regular	No
scendere	to get off	Regular	No
scherzare	to joke	Regular	No
schizzare	to squirt	Regular	No
scomodare	to bother	Regular	No
scomparire	to disappear / vanish	Regular	No
sconfiggere	to defeat	Regular	No
scoprire	to discover	Regular	No
scrivere	to write	Regular	No
scuotere	to shake	Regular	No
scusare	to excuse	Regular	No
sedere	to sit	Regular	No
seguire	to follow	Regular	No
sembrare	to seem	Regular	No
sentire	to feel / hear	Regular	No
separare	to separate	Regular	No
servire	to serve	Regular	No
sfumare	to fade / evaporate / blur	Regular	No
significare	to mean / signify	Regular	No
singhiozzare	to sob / hiccup	Regular	No
snodare	to unknot	Regular	No
soddisfare	to satisfy	Regular	No
soffrire	to suffer	Regular	No
sognare	to dream	Regular	No
sorgere	to rise	Regular	No
sorprendere	to surprise	Regular	No
sorridere	to smile	Regular	No
sospendere	to suspend	Regular	No
sostenere	to sustain	Regular	No
sottomettere	to subdue	Regular	No
sottrarre	to subtract	Regular	No
spandere	to spread / spill	Regular	No
spargere	to spread / scatter	Regular	No
spaventare	to scare	Regular	No
spedire	to send / ship	Regular	No
spegnere	to turn off / extinguish	Regular	No
spendere	to spend	Regular	No
sperare	to hope / expect	Regular	No
spiegare	to explain	Regular	No
spingere	to push	Regular	No
sposare	to marry	Regular	No
spostare	to move / shift	Regular	No
stabilire	to establish / stabilize	Regular	No
stampare	to print	Regular	No
stare	to stay / be	Irregular	No
stendere	to spread out	Regular	No
stringere	to tighten	Regular	No
studiare	to study	Regular	No
succedere	to happen / succeed	Regular	No
suggerire	to suggest	Regular	No
suonare	to play	Regular	No
supporre	to suppose	Regular	No
svanire	to vanish	Regular	No
svegliare	to wake up	Regular	No
svegliarsi	to wake up oneself	Regular	Yes
svenire	to faint / swoon	Regular	No
svolgere	to unfold / unroll / carry out / develop	Regular	No
svuotare	to empty	Regular	No
tacere	to be silent	Regular	No
tagliare	to cut	Regular	No
telefonare	to phone / call	Regular	No
temere	to fear / dread	Regular	No
tendere	to stretch out / tighten	Regular	No
tenere	to keep / hold	Regular	No
tentare	to attempt / try	Regular	No
terminare	to terminate / finish	Regular	No
tingere	to dye	Regular	No
tirare	to pull	Regular	No
toccare	to touch	Regular	No
togliere	to take away / remove	Regular	No
torcere	to twist	Regular	No
tornare	to come back / return	Regular	No
tradire	to betray	Regular	No
tradurre	to translate	Regular	No
trarre	to draw / extract	Regular	No
trascinare	to drag	Regular	No
trascorrere	to spend / pass	Regular	No
trasferire	to transfer	Regular	No
trasmettere	to transmit	Regular	No
tremare	to tremble	Regular	No
trovare	to find	Regular	No
turbare	to upset	Regular	No
ubbidire	to obey	Regular	No
uccidere	to kill	Regular	No
udire	to hear	Regular	No
umiliare	to humiliate	Regular	No
ungere	to smear / grease	Regular	No
unire	to unite	Regular	No
urlare	to shout	Regular	No
usare	to use	Regular	No
uscire	to go out	Irregular	No
vagabondare	to wander / roam	Regular	No
valere	to be worth	Regular	No
vantarsi	to boast / brag	Regular	Yes
variare	to vary	Regular	No
vedere	to see	Regular	No
vendere	to sell	Regular	No
venire	to come	Irregular	No
verificare	to verify	Regular	No
versare	to pour	Regular	No
vestirsi	to dress oneself / get dressed	Regular	Yes
viaggiare	to travel	Regular	No
vietare	to forbid	Regular	No
vincere	to win	Regular	No
visitare	to visit ; (a place)	Regular	No
vivere	to live / be alive	Regular	No
volare	to fly	Regular	No
volere	to want	Irregular	No
volgere	to turn	Regular	No
votare	to vote	Regular	No
zappare	to hoe	Regular	No
zittire	to shut up / hush	Regular	No
zoppicare	to limp	Regular	No

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