Meaning
to turn on; light
- to turn on
- to light; ignite
In a sentence
Puoi accendere la luce in cucina?
Can you turn on the light in the kitchen?
Ho acceso il computer cinque minuti fa.
I turned on the computer five minutes ago.
Non accendere il fuoco qui dentro.
Don't light a fire in here.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| accendere | infinitive |
| accendiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| accendo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| accendete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accendi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accendono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accende | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accendevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accendevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| accendevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accendevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accendevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accendeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accendemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| accesi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| accendeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| accendesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| accesero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| accese | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| accenderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| accenderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| accenderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| accenderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| accenderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| accenderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| accendiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| accenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| accendiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accendano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accendessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| accendeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accendessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accendesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accenderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| accenderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| accendereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accenderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accenderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accenderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accendiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| accendete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| accendi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| accendendo | gerund |
| acceso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use accendere for lights, fire, cigarettes, and devices. For starting engines, avviare is often better; for activating functions, attivare can sound more precise.
- With devices, Italians often say accendere la TV / il computer, not *aprire. Aprire is for apps, files, doors, and accounts.
- It is usually transitive: accendere qualcosa. For the intransitive idea, use accendersi: La luce si accende; Ho acceso la luce.
- past participle acceso