Meaning
to change, to vary, to diversify
In a sentence
Cerco di variare la mia colazione ogni mattina.
I try to vary my breakfast every morning.
Il prezzo è variato molto questo mese?
Has the price changed a lot this month?
È importante variare la propria dieta con cibi diversi.
It is important to vary your diet with different foods.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| variare | infinitive |
| variamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| vario | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| variate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vari | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| variano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| varia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| variavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| variavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| variavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| variavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| variavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| variava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| variammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| variai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| variaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| variasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| variarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| variò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| varieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| varierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| varierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| varierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| varieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| varierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| variamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| vari | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| variate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vari | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| varino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vari | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| variassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| variassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| variaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| variassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| variassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| variasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| varieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| varierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| variereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| varieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| varierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| varierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| variamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| variate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| varia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| variando | gerund |
| variato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use variare for ranges, prices, quantities, or plans changing. For changing yourself or something directly, cambiare is often more natural.
- Often used impersonally: I prezzi variano, può variare. Less common in casual speech than cambiare.
- With transitive use, it means modify/diversify something: variare la dieta, variare il programma.