Meaning
to concern, regard
- to relate to, refer to, or concern
In a sentence
La nuova legge concerne la tutela dei dati personali.
The new law concerns the protection of personal data.
Per quanto concerne i costi, ne parleremo nella prossima riunione.
As far as the costs are concerned, we will discuss them at the next meeting.
Queste decisioni concernono direttamente tutti i cittadini.
These decisions directly concern all citizens.
Word forms (44)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| concernere | infinitive |
| concerno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| concerni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concerne | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concerniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| concernete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concernono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concernevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| concernevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| concerneva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| concernevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| concernevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| concernevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| concernei | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| concernesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| concerné | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| concernemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| concerneste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| concernerono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| concernerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| concernerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| concernerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| concerneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| concernerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| concerneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| concerna | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| concerna | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concerna | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concerniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| concerniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concernano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concernessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| concernessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| concernesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| concernessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| concerneste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| concernessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| concernerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| concerneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| concernerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| concerneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| concernereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| concernerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| concernendo | gerund |
Usage notes
- Formal: used in administrative, journalistic, and academic contexts; everyday Italian uses 'riguardare'.
- Defective: it lacks past participle and compound tenses; the third persons ('concerne', 'concernono') are most common.