Meaning
to assert, to affirm, to claim
In a sentence
Luca ha asserito di aver già pagato.
Luca claimed he had already paid.
Perché asserisci sempre cose senza prove?
Why do you always claim things without proof?
Il testimone ha asserito con sicurezza di aver visto l'imputato.
The witness firmly asserted that he had seen the defendant.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| asserire | infinitive |
| asseriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| asserisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| asserite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| asserisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| asseriscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| asserisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| asserivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| asserivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| asserivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| asserivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| asserivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| asseriva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| asserimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| asserii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| asseriste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| asseristi | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| asserirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| asserì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| asseriremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| asserirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| asserirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| asserirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| asseriranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| asserirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| asseriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| asserisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| asseriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| asserisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| asseriscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| asserisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| asserissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| asserissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| asseriste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| asserissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| asserissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| asserisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| asseriremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| asserirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| asserireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| asseriresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| asserirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| asserirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| asseriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| asserite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| asserisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| asserendo | gerund |
| asserito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and bookish than dire or affermare; common in journalism, legal writing, and academic prose.
- Usually takes che + clause: Ha asserito che... Less common in everyday conversation.
- Do not confuse with assicurare: asserire states a claim; assicurare means reassure, insure, or ensure.