Meaning
to mark, to guard
- in sports, to guard or closely cover an opposing player
- to leave a visible mark, stamp, or outline on something
In a sentence
Il difensore deve marcare l'attaccante più veloce della squadra avversaria.
The defender must mark the opposing team's fastest striker.
Il contadino ha marcato i confini del campo con dei paletti.
The farmer marked the boundaries of the field with stakes.
Chi marcherai durante la partita di domani sera?
Who will you mark during tomorrow night's match?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| marcare | infinitive |
| marco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| marchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| marca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| marchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| marcate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| marcano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| marcavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| marcavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| marcava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| marcavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| marcavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| marcavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| marcai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| marcasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| marcò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| marcammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| marcaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| marcarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| marcherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| marcherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| marcherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| marcheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| marcherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| marcheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| marchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| marchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| marchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| marchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| marchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| marchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| marcassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| marcassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| marcasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| marcassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| marcaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| marcassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| marcherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| marcheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| marcherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| marcheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| marchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| marcherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| marca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| marchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| marcate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| marcando | gerund |
| marcato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb, but adds 'h' before 'e' or 'i' to keep the hard /k/ sound (marchi, marchiamo, marcherò).