Meaning
to act as, serve as
- to perform a role or serve a particular function (almost always with 'da')
In a sentence
Questo tavolo di legno può fungere da scrivania provvisoria.
This wooden table can serve as a temporary desk.
Il direttore ha chiesto a Marco di fungere da mediatore.
The director asked Marco to act as a mediator.
Quella stanza non funge più da magazzino da mesi.
That room hasn't served as a storeroom for months.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fungere | infinitive |
| fungo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fungi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| funge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fungiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fungete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fungono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fungevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fungevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fungeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fungevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fungevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fungevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| funsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fungesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| funse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fungemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fungeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| funsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fungerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fungerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fungerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fungeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fungerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fungeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| funga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| funga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| funga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fungiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fungiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fungano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fungessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fungessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fungesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fungessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fungeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fungessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fungerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fungeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fungerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fungeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fungereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fungerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fungi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fungiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fungete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fungendo | gerund |
| funto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: common in written and polished Italian.
- Almost always constructed as 'fungere da + noun' (to serve as / act as).
- past participle funto