Meaning
to intervene, to step in
- to attend, to participate
- to speak, to take the floor
- to occur, to happen
In a sentence
Se succede qualcosa, intervengo subito io.
If something happens, I'll step in right away.
Alla riunione non è intervenuto nessuno.
No one attended the meeting.
Può intervenire il tecnico oggi pomeriggio?
Can the technician come by this afternoon?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| intervenire | infinitive |
| interveniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| intervengo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| intervenite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| intervieni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| intervengono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| interviene | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| intervenivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| intervenivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| intervenivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| intervenivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| intervenivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| interveniva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| intervenimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| intervenni | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| interveniste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| intervenisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| intervennero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| intervenne | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| interverremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| interverrò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| interverrete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| interverrai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| interverranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| interverrà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| interveniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| intervenga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| interveniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| intervenga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| intervengano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| intervenga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| intervenissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| intervenissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| interveniste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| intervenissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| intervenissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| intervenisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| interverremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| interverrei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| interverreste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| interverresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| interverrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| interverrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| interveniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| intervenite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| intervieni | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| intervenendo | gerund |
| intervenuto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use essere in compound tenses: è intervenuto, sono intervenuti i medici. Past participle agrees with the subject.
- For speaking up in a discussion, intervenire is more formal than parlare; common in meetings, debates, and news reports.
- Intervenire su often means to act on or modify something: intervenire sul testo, sull’impianto. Don’t always translate it as interfere.
- present: intervengo, intervieni, interviene, interveniamo, intervenite, intervengono
- past participle intervenuto