Meaning
to set the table
- to prepare
In a sentence
Apparecchio io, tu porta solo il pane.
I'll set the table, you just bring the bread.
Hai già apparecchiato per la cena di stasera?
Have you already set the table for tonight's dinner?
Apparecchio la tavola per gli ospiti.
I'm setting the table for the guests.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| apparecchiare | infinitive |
| apparecchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| apparecchiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| apparecchia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| apparecchiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| apparecchiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| apparecchiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| apparecchiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| apparecchiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| apparecchiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| apparecchieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| apparecchierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| apparecchierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| apparecchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| apparecchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| apparecchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| apparecchiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| apparecchiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| apparecchiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| apparecchieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| apparecchiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| apparecchierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| apparecchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| apparecchiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| apparecchia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| apparecchiando | gerund |
| apparecchiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For tables, apparecchiare is more idiomatic than preparare. Preparare la tavola sounds less natural in everyday speech.
- Usually used without an object when the table is obvious: Hai apparecchiato? = Did you set the table?
- Use avere in compound tenses: ho apparecchiato. Reflexive apparecchiarsi is uncommon and means getting oneself ready in formal/literary contexts.