Meaning
to come true, fulfill
- (almost exclusively avverarsi) to come true, materialize, or be fulfilled
- to confirm the truth of something (archaic or formal transitive use)
In a sentence
Il suo più grande desiderio si è finalmente avverato.
His greatest wish finally came true.
Non tutte le previsioni degli analisti si avverano.
Not all predictions made by analysts come true.
Speravo davvero che quel sogno si potesse avverare.
I really hoped that dream could come true.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| avverare | infinitive |
| avvero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| avveri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avvera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avveriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| avverate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avverano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avveravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| avveravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| avverava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| avveravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| avveravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| avveravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| avverai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| avverasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| avverò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| avverammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| avveraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| avverarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| avvererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| avvererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| avvererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| avvereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| avvererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| avvereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| avveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| avveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avveriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| avveriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avverino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| avverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| avverasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| avverassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| avveraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| avverassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| avvererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| avvereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avvererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avvereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| avverereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avvererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avvera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| avveriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| avverate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| avverando | gerund |
| avverato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Almost always used reflexively/pronominally as avverarsi with auxiliary essere.