cercare

See also: cercaré

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin circāre, from Latin circa, circus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃerˈka.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cer‧cà‧re

Verb

cercàre (first-person singular present cérco, first-person singular past historic cercài, past participle cercàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to look for
  2. (transitive) to try

Conjugation
    Conjugation of cercàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive cercàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund cercàndo
present participle cercànte past participle cercàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cérco cérchi cérca cerchiàmo cercàte cércano
imperfect cercàvo cercàvi cercàva cercavàmo cercavàte cercàvano
past historic cercài cercàsti cercò cercàmmo cercàste cercàrono
future cercherò cercherài cercherà cercherémo cercheréte cercherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cercherèi cercherésti cercherèbbe, cercherébbe cercherémmo cercheréste cercherèbbero, cercherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cérchi cérchi cérchi cerchiàmo cerchiàte cérchino
imperfect cercàssi cercàssi cercàsse cercàssimo cercàste cercàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cérca cérchi cerchiàmo cercàte cérchino
negative imperative non cercàre non cérchi non cerchiàmo non cercàte non cérchino
Related terms

Descendants
  • English: charper

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin circāre.

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [t͡ʃərˈka]

Verb

cercare (transitive)

  1. to search, look for
    Synonym: trovare

Conjugation
    Conjugation of cercà (first conjugation)
infinitive cercà
gerund cercanno
present participle cercante
past participle cercato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je/i' tu isso/essa nuje vuje lloro
present cerco cierche cerca cercammo cercate cercano
imperfect cercavo cercave cercava cercavamo cercavate cercavano
passato remòto cercaje cercaste cercaje cercajemo cercastevo cercajeno
future cercarraggio cercarraje cercarrà cercarrimmo cercarrite cercarranno
conditional cercarria cercarrisse cercarria cercarrissemo cercarrissevo cercarriano
compound
tenses		 passato pròssimo Use the present tense of avé plus the past participle
trapasato pròssimo Use the imperfect tense of avé plus the past participle
trapasato remòto Use the passato remòto tense of avé plus the past participle
futuro anteriore Use the future tense of avé plus the past participle
cunnizziunale passato Use the conditional tense of avé plus the past participle
imperfect subjunctive ca je/i' ca tu ca isso/ca essa ca nuje ca vuje ca lloro
cercasse cercasse cercasse cercassemo cercassevo cercassero
imperative - tu isso/essa nuje vuje lloro
cerca cerca cercammo cercate cercheno

References
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 636: “andare a cercare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Romanian

Etymology

From cerca +‎ -re.

Noun

cercare f (plural cercări)

  1. investigation

Declension
Declension of cercare
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) cercare cercarea (niște) cercări cercările
genitive/dative (unei) cercări cercării (unor) cercări cercărilor
vocative cercare, cercareo cercărilor

Spanish

Verb

cercare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of cercar
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