Meaning
to ascertain, to verify
- to ascertain, to establish, to verify
- to check, to determine
In a sentence
La polizia deve ancora accertare le cause dell'incidente.
The police still have to ascertain the causes of the accident.
Il medico deve accertare le condizioni del paziente.
The doctor needs to ascertain the patient's condition.
Non possiamo accertare il danno da qui.
We can't assess the damage from here.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| accertare | infinitive |
| accertiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| accerto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| accertate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accerti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accertano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accerta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accertavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accertavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| accertavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accertavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accertavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accertava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accertammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| accertai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| accertaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| accertasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| accertarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| accertò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| accerteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| accerterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| accerterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| accerterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| accerteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| accerterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| accertiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| accerti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| accertiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- More formal than controllare or verificare; common in legal, medical, police, and bureaucratic contexts.
- Often takes che + clause: accertare che sia tutto in regola. In speech, speakers often prefer verificare or controllare.
- Do not confuse with assicurarsi di, which means personally making sure; accertare often means establishing something objectively.