Significado
to look for
- to try
En una frase
Cerco le chiavi della macchina.
I'm looking for the car keys.
Hai cercato di chiamarmi ieri sera?
Did you try to call me last night?
Cerco il mio libro.
I'm looking for my book.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| cercare | infinitive |
| cerchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| cerco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cercate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cerchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cercano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cerca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cercavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cercavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cercavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cercavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cercavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cercava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cercammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cercai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cercaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cercasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cercarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cercò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cercheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cercherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cercherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cercherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cercheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cercherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cerchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| cerchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cerchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cerchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cerchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cerchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cercassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cercassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cercaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cercassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cercassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cercasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cercheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cercherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cerchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cercheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cercherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cercherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cerchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cercate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cerca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cercando | gerund |
| cercato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Use 'cercare' for general searching; 'trovare' means 'to find' (result). Don’t confuse them.
- Auxiliary is 'avere' in compound tenses (ho cercato), never 'essere'.
- Informal: 'cerca di' + infinitive = 'try to'. Avoid 'provare' for effort in this context.