Meaning
to venture, to risk
- To venture into an unknown, dangerous, or unfamiliar place (usually reflexive: avventurarsi)
- To put forward tentatively or risk (an opinion, an idea)
In a sentence
Non dovresti avventurarti da solo in montagna con questo tempo.
You shouldn't venture out alone in the mountains in this weather.
I turisti si sono avventurati nei vicoli stretti della città vecchia.
The tourists ventured into the narrow alleys of the old town.
Chi oserebbe avventurare una previsione così rischiosa?
Who would dare venture such a risky prediction?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| avventurare | infinitive |
| avventuro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| avventuri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avventura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avventuriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| avventurate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avventurano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avventuravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| avventuravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| avventurava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| avventuravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| avventuravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| avventuravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| avventurai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| avventurasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| avventurò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| avventurammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| avventuraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| avventurarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| avventurerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| avventurerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| avventurerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| avventureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| avventurerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| avventureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| avventuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| avventuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avventuri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avventuriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| avventuriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avventurino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avventurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| avventurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| avventurasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| avventurassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| avventuraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| avventurassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| avventurerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| avventureresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avventurerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avventureremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| avventurereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avventurerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avventura | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| avventuriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| avventurate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| avventurando | gerund |
| avventurato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Almost always used reflexively as 'avventurarsi' with 'in', 'su', or 'per'.
- Takes 'essere' when reflexive: 'si è avventurato nel bosco'.