Meaning
to entrust, task, charge
- to charge, to entrust, to ask, to give the task of
In a sentence
Ti incarico di chiamare il cliente oggi.
I'm asking you to call the client today.
Chi hanno incaricato di portare le chiavi?
Who did they ask to bring the keys?
Non mi hanno incaricato di fare la spesa.
They didn't ask me to do the shopping.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| incaricare | infinitive |
| incarichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| incarico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| incaricate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incarichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incaricano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incarica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incaricavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incaricavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incaricavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incaricavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incaricavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incaricava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incaricammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| incaricai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| incaricaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| incaricasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| incaricarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| incaricò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| incaricheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| incaricherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| incaricherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| incaricherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| incaricheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| incaricherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| incarichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| incarichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| incarichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incarichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incarichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incarichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incaricassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incaricassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incaricaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incaricassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incaricassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incaricasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incaricheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| incaricherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| incarichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incaricheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incaricherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incaricherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incarichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| incaricate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| incarica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| incaricando | gerund |
| incaricato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually formal or bureaucratic. In everyday speech, Italians often prefer chiedere a qualcuno di..., affidare, or dare l'incarico.
- Use incaricare qualcuno di fare qualcosa. Learners often wrongly use a directly before the infinitive.
- Common in passive and official style: essere incaricato di. It often appears in job, legal, and administrative contexts.