Meaning
excite, fascinate
- to make someone very interested or enthusiastic
- to become very interested in something
In a sentence
La fotografia mi appassiona da anni.
Photography has fascinated me for years.
Ti appassiona ancora il tennis?
Are you still passionate about tennis?
Questo documentario non mi appassiona molto.
This documentary doesn't interest me very much.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| appassionare | infinitive |
| appassiono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| appassioni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appassiona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appassioniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| appassionate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appassionano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appassionavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appassionavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appassionava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appassionavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appassionavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appassionavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appassionai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| appassionasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| appassionò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| appassionammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| appassionaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| appassionarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| appassionerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| appassionerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| appassionerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| appassioneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| appassionerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| appassioneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| appassioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| appassioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appassioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appassioniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| appassioniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appassionino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appassionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appassionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appassionasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appassionassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appassionaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appassionassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appassionerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| appassioneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appassionerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appassioneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| appassionereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appassionerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appassiona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| appassioniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| appassionate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| appassionando | gerund |
| appassionato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used as: qualcosa appassiona qualcuno.
- Very common in the reflexive form appassionarsi a/per.
- Stronger than interessare: it suggests real passion.