Meaning
to function, to work
- to work, function
In a sentence
Il mio telefono non funziona da ieri.
My phone hasn't been working since yesterday.
Pensi che questo metodo possa funzionare?
Do you think this method could work?
La nuova idea ha funzionato davvero bene.
The new idea worked really well.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| funzionare | infinitive |
| funzioniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| funziono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| funzionate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| funzioni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| funzionano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| funziona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| funzionavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| funzionavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| funzionavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| funzionavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| funzionavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| funzionava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| funzionammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| funzionai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| funzionaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| funzionasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| funzionarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| funzionò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| funzioneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| funzionerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| funzionerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| funzionerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| funzioneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| funzionerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| funzioniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| funzioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| funzioniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| funzioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| funzionino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| funzioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| funzionassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| funzionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| funzionaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| funzionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| funzionassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| funzionasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| funzioneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| funzionerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| funzionereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| funzioneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| funzionerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| funzionerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| funzioniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| funzionate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| funziona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| funzionando | gerund |
| funzionato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use funzionare for machines, systems, plans, and relationships. For a person carrying out a role, prefer fungere da in formal Italian.
- For devices, Italians often say Non funziona! rather than È rotto when the exact problem is unknown.
- It usually takes essere in compound tenses: Il computer non ha funzionato all'inizio is common, though è funzionato also appears regionally.