Meaning
to want
In a sentence
Voglio un caffè prima di uscire.
I want a coffee before going out.
Non voglio parlare adesso, sono stanco.
I don't want to talk now, I'm tired.
Vuoi venire al cinema con noi stasera?
Do you want to come to the movies with us tonight?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| volere | infinitive |
| vogliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| voglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| volete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vuoi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vogliono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vuole | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| volevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| volevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| volevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| volevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| volevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| voleva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| volemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| volli | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| voleste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| volesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| vollero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| volle | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| vorremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| vorrò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| vorrete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| vorrai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| vorranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| vorrà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| vogliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| voglia | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| vogliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| voglia | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vogliano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| voglia | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| volessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| volessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| voleste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| volessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| volessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| volesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| vorremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| vorrei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| vorreste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vorresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vorrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vorrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vogliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| vogliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| vogli | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| volendo | gerund |
| voluto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'volere' for desires or intentions; 'desiderare' is softer, more formal.
- Common mistake: Forgetting 'volere' takes 'essere' in compound tenses for intransitive uses (e.g., 'sono voluto andare').
- In questions, 'volere' + infinitive often implies insistence or impatience (e.g., 'Vuoi stare zitto?').
- present: voglio, vuoi, vuole, vogliamo, volete, vogliono