Meaning
to ascertain, verify
- to ascertain or establish the truth of a fact through careful investigation
In a sentence
La polizia deve ancora appurare le cause esatte dell'incidente.
The police still have to ascertain the exact causes of the accident.
Abbiamo appurato che i documenti inviati erano autentici.
We verified that the documents submitted were authentic.
Resta da appurare se ci siano stati altri testimoni.
It remains to be established whether there were other witnesses.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| appurare | infinitive |
| appuro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| appuri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appuriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| appurate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appurano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appuravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appuravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appurava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appuravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appuravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appuravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appurai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| appurasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| appurò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| appurammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| appuraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| appurarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| appurerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| appurerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| appurerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| appureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| appurerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| appureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| appuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| appuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appuriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| appuriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appurino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| appurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| appurasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| appurassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| appuraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| appurassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| appurerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| appureresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| appurerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| appureremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| appurereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| appurerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| appura | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| appuriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| appurate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| appurando | gerund |
| appurato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: used especially in journalism, law, and administrative contexts.
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary. Often followed by 'che' + clause.