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56 of the most frequent Italian verbs after the essentials: finding and losing, coming and going, starting and stopping, helping, choosing and checking, each with an original example sentence and its translation.

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Learn deck · part of Italian A1–A2 · written against: CEFR A1–A2; standard Italian; the vocabulary is 600 of the most frequent everyday words of an OpenSubtitles 2018 frequency list, since no Italian exam publishes a word list. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. sentire (v.) (io sento, noi sentiamo)
    to hear; to feel

    Dalla mia camera sento il treno che passa alle cinque. — From my room I can hear the five o'clock train going by.

    Note: For how you feel, use sentirsi: Come ti senti? = How do you feel? A sensation keeps sentire: Sento freddo = I feel cold.
    Everyday verbs
  2. trovare (v.) (io trovo, noi troviamo)
    to find

    Trovo sempre parcheggio vicino all'ufficio. — I always find parking near the office.

    Note: andare a trovare someone = to visit someone: Vado a trovare la nonna.
    Everyday verbs
  3. lasciare (v.) (io lascio, noi lasciamo)
    to leave (something or someone); to let

    Lascio la bici davanti alla scuola. — I leave my bike in front of the school.

    Watch out: lasciare always takes an object: lascio Roma, lascio le chiavi. With no object, to leave is partire or uscire: Esco alle otto = I leave at eight.
    Everyday verbs
  4. aspettare (v.) (io aspetto, noi aspettiamo)
    to wait (for); to expect

    Aspetto la pizza da quaranta minuti! — I've been waiting forty minutes for this pizza!

    Watch out: No preposition for English for: aspetto Marco = I'm waiting for Marco.
    Everyday verbs
  5. guardare (v.) (io guardo, noi guardiamo)
    to look at; to watch

    Mia figlia guarda i cartoni animati dopo cena. — My daughter watches cartoons after dinner.

    Watch out: No preposition for English at: guardo il mare. To see, without looking on purpose, is vedere.
    Everyday verbs
  6. tornare (v.) (io torno, noi torniamo)
    to come back, to go back, to return (passato prossimo: sono tornato/a)

    Mio fratello torna da Londra venerdì sera. — My brother is coming back from London on Friday evening.

    Watch out: False friend: it never means to turn, which is girare.
    Town & travel
  7. entrare (v.) (io entro, noi entriamo)
    to come in, to go in, to enter (passato prossimo: sono entrato/a)

    Entriamo nel bar per un caffè. — We're going into the café for a coffee.

    Watch out: The place usually takes in: entro in banca = I go into the bank (but entro a scuola). Entra pure! = Do come in!
    Town & travel
  8. ascoltare (v.) (io ascolto, noi ascoltiamo)
    to listen (to)

    Ascolto un podcast di storia mentre faccio la doccia. — I listen to a history podcast while I'm in the shower.

    Watch out: No preposition for English to: ascolto la musica. To hear, without listening on purpose, is sentire.
    Free time & culture
  9. ricevere (v.) (io ricevo, noi riceviamo)
    to receive, to get

    Ricevo tante mail dal lavoro. — I get lots of emails from work.
    Talking & thinking
  10. dimenticare (v.) (io dimentico, noi dimentichiamo)
    to forget

    Dimentico sempre il nome di quella ragazza. — I always forget that girl's name.

    Watch out: Stress the second syllable: di-MEN-ti-co. The h keeps the hard sound: dimentichi.
    Talking & thinking

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  • Word selection follows a frequency list of Italian content words (OpenSubtitles 2018 via hermitdave/FrequencyWords: word lists CC BY-SA 4.0, code MIT; lemmas by simplemma), cleaned by hand and banded to A1 by rank, with days, months, seasons and numbers added as a fixed group; meanings, gender and plurals checked against the Treccani and Garzanti online dictionaries. Reference only; all example sentences are original.

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