Meaning
qualify; describe
- to define, characterize, or describe someone or something
- to give someone the necessary professional skills or credentials
- (reflexive, 'qualificarsi') to advance to the next round of a sports competition; qualify
In a sentence
La nostra squadra si è qualificata per i quarti di finale ieri sera.
Our team qualified for the quarter-finals yesterday evening.
Come qualificheresti il tuo stile di gioco?
How would you describe your style of play?
Purtroppo l'atleta non si è qualificata per la gara decisiva.
Unfortunately, the athlete did not qualify for the decisive race.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| qualificare | infinitive |
| qualifico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| qualifichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| qualifica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| qualifichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| qualificate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| qualificano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| qualificavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| qualificavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| qualificava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| qualificavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| qualificavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| qualificavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| qualificai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| qualificasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| qualificò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| qualificammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| qualificaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| qualificarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| qualificherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| qualificherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| qualificherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| qualificheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| qualificherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| qualificheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| qualifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| qualifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| qualifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| qualifichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| qualifichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| qualifichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| qualificassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| qualificassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| qualificasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| qualificassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| qualificaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| qualificassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| qualificherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| qualificheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| qualificherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| qualificheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| qualifichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| qualificherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| qualifica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| qualifichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| qualificate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| qualificando | gerund |
| qualificato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In sports, it is almost exclusively reflexive: 'la squadra si è qualificata' (the team qualified).
- Uses 'avere' in active senses and 'essere' in the reflexive form 'qualificarsi'.