Meaning
to identify
- to locate
- to pick out
- to detect (to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing)
In a sentence
Non riesco a individuare il problema del computer.
I can't identify the computer problem.
Hai individuato il bar di cui parlavo?
Did you find the bar I was talking about?
Individua le differenze tra queste due foto.
Pick out the differences between these two photos.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| individuare | infinitive |
| individuiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| individuo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| individuate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| individui | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| individuano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| individua | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| individuavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| individuavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| individuavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| individuavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| individuavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| individuava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| individuammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| individuai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| individuaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| individuasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| individuarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| individuò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| individueremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| individuerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| individuerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| individuerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| individueranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| individuerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| individuiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| individui | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| individuiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| individui | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| individuino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| individui | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| individuassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| individuassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| individuaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| individuassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| individuassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| individuasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| individueremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| individuerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| individuereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| individueresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| individuerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| individuerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| individuiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| individuate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| individua | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| individuando | gerund |
| individuato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and technical than trovare or riconoscere; common in reports, instructions, police, medical, and academic contexts.
- Use it for pinpointing a person, place, cause, or problem; less natural for casual 'finding' everyday objects.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: abbiamo individuato il guasto, not essere.