Meaning
to exist
- to exist, to be
In a sentence
Non esiste una soluzione facile per tutto.
There isn't an easy solution for everything.
Pensi che esistano ancora quei negozi piccoli?
Do you think those small shops still exist?
Per anni è esistito solo online.
For years it existed only online.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| esistere | infinitive |
| esistiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| esisto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| esistete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esisti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esistono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esiste | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esistevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esistevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esistevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esistevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esistevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esisteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esistemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| esistetti | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| esisteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| esistesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| esistettero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| esistette | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| esisteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| esisterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| esisterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| esisterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| esisteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| esisterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| esistiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| esista | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| esistiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esista | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esistano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esista | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esistessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esistessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esisteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esistessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esistessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esistesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esisteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| esisterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| esistereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esisteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esisterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esisterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esistiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| esistete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| esisti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| esistendo | gerund |
| esistito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'esistere' for abstract or general existence (e.g., ideas, problems). For physical presence, 'esserci' is more common.
- Avoid overusing 'esistere' for people; 'vivere' (to live) or 'esserci' (to be there) often sound more natural.
- Always takes 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'è esistito').
- past participle esistito