Meaning
to call
- to appeal (a verdict)
- to appeal to, to invoke (reflexive)
- to address, to call (literary)
In a sentence
Non puoi appellare tutti con lo stesso nome.
You can't call everyone by the same name.
Ti sei appellato al regolamento per entrare?
Did you appeal to the rules to get in?
L'avvocato ha deciso di appellare la sentenza di primo grado.
The lawyer decided to appeal the first-instance verdict.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| appellare | infinitive |
| appelliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| appello | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| appellate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appelli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appellano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appella | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appellavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appellavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appellavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appellavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appellavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appellava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appellammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| appellai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| appellaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| appellasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| appellarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| appellò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| appelleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| appellerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| appellerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| appellerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| appelleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| appellerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| appelliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| appelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| appelliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appellino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appellassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appellaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appellassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appellasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appelleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| appellerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| appellereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appelleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appellerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appellerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appelliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| appellate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| appella | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| appellando | gerund |
| appellato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Mostly formal or legal. In everyday speech, use chiamare for naming/calling and fare ricorso or fare appello for appealing.
- Often used reflexively: appellarsi a qualcosa means to invoke or appeal to something, especially a law, principle, or authority.
- Do not confuse appello (roll call/appeal) with appellare. The verb is much less common in conversation than the noun.