Meaning
to trade, to deal
- to buy and sell goods; to engage in commerce or trade
In a sentence
L'azienda commercia in tessuti pregiati da molti anni.
The company has traded in fine fabrics for many years.
La Repubblica di Venezia commerciava con tutto l'Oriente.
The Republic of Venice traded with the entire East.
È illegale commerciare specie animali protette.
It is illegal to trade in protected animal species.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| commerciare | infinitive |
| commercio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| commerci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| commercia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| commerciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| commerciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| commerciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| commerciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| commerciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| commerciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| commerciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| commerciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| commerciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| commerciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| commerciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| commerciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| commerciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| commerciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| commerciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| commercerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| commercerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| commercerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| commerceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| commercerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| commerceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| commerci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| commerci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| commerci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| commerciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| commerciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| commercino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| commerciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| commerciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| commerciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| commerciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| commerciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| commerciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| commercerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| commerceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| commercerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| commerceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| commercereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| commercerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| commercia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| commerciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| commerciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| commerciando | gerund |
| commerciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually intransitive, taking 'in' (to trade in goods) or 'con' (to trade with someone), with auxiliary 'avere'.
- Can also be used transitively, though less frequently, meaning 'to market' or 'to trade'.