Conjugation of the Italian verb cercare A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb cercare , along with their English translations.
Infinitive cercare to search
Present Indicative io cerco I search tu cerchi you search lui cerca he searches lei cerca she searches noi cerchiamo we search voi cercate you search loro cercano they search
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto cercando I am searching tu stai cercando you are searching lui sta cercando he is searching lei sta cercando she is searching noi stiamo cercando we are searching voi state cercando you are searching loro stanno cercando they are searching
Imperfect Indicative io cercavo I was searching tu cercavi you were searching lui cercava he was searching lei cercava she was searching noi cercavamo we were searching voi cercavate you were searching loro cercavano they were searching
Past Historic / Passato remoto
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions. io cercai I searched tu cercasti you searched lui cercò he searched lei cercò she searched noi cercammo we searched voi cercaste you searched loro cercarono they searched
Past / Passato prossimo io ho cercato I searched tu hai cercato you searched lui ha cercato he searched lei ha cercato she searched noi abbiamo cercato we searched voi avete cercato you searched loro hanno cercato they searched
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo io avevo cercato I had searched tu avevi cercato you had searched lui aveva cercato he had searched lei aveva cercato she had searched noi avevamo cercato we had searched voi avevate cercato you had searched loro avevano cercato they had searched
Future Indicative io cercherò I will search tu cercherai you will search lui cercherà he will search lei cercherà she will search noi cercheremo we will search voi cercherete you will search loro cercheranno they will search
Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere , or with the direct object for verbs that take avere
io avrò cercato I will have searched tu avrai cercato you will have searched lui avrà cercato he will have searched lei avrà cercato she will have searched noi avremo cercato we will have searched voi avrete cercato you will have searched loro avranno cercato they will have searched
Conditional io cercherei I would search tu cercheresti you would search lui cercherebbe he would search lei cercherebbe she would search noi cercheremmo we would search voi cerchereste you would search loro cercherebbero they would search
Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere , or with the direct object for verbs that take avere
io avrei cercato I would have searched tu avresti cercato you would have searched lui avrebbe cercato he would have searched lei avrebbe cercato she would have searched noi avremmo cercato we would have searched voi avreste cercato you would have searched loro avrebbero cercato they would have searched
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Imperative cerca Search cerchiamo Let's search cercate Search
Present Participle cercante searching
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