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Conjugation of the Italian verb cercare

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb cercare, along with their English translations.

cercare is a regular verb with spelling changes

Infinitive		Scored
cercare	to search

Present		Scored
io cerco	I search
tu cerchi	you search
lui cerca	he searches
lei cerca	she searches
noi cerchiamo	we search
voi cercate	you search
loro cercano	they search

Imperfect		Scored
io cercavo	I was searching
tu cercavi	you were searching
lui cercava	he was searching
lei cercava	she was searching
noi cercavamo	we were searching
voi cercavate	you were searching
loro cercavano	they were searching

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io cercai	I searched
tu cercasti	you searched
lui cercò	he searched
lei cercò	she searched
noi cercammo	we searched
voi cercaste	you searched
loro cercarono	they searched

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho cercato	I searched
tu hai cercato	you searched
lui ha cercato	he searched
lei ha cercato	she searched
noi abbiamo cercato	we searched
voi avete cercato	you searched
loro hanno cercato	they searched

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo cercato	I had searched
tu avevi cercato	you had searched
lui aveva cercato	he had searched
lei aveva cercato	she had searched
noi avevamo cercato	we had searched
voi avevate cercato	you had searched
loro avevano cercato	they had searched

Future		Scored
io cercherò	I will search
tu cercherai	you will search
lui cercherà	he will search
lei cercherà	she will search
noi cercheremo	we will search
voi cercherete	you will search
loro cercheranno	they will search

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò cercato	I will have searched
tu avrai cercato	you will have searched
lui avrà cercato	he will have searched
lei avrà cercato	she will have searched
noi avremo cercato	we will have searched
voi avrete cercato	you will have searched
loro avranno cercato	they will have searched

Conditional		Scored
io cercherei	I would search
tu cercheresti	you would search
lui cercherebbe	he would search
lei cercherebbe	she would search
noi cercheremmo	we would search
voi cerchereste	you would search
loro cercherebbero	they would search

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei cercato	I would have searched
tu avresti cercato	you would have searched
lui avrebbe cercato	he would have searched
lei avrebbe cercato	she would have searched
noi avremmo cercato	we would have searched
voi avreste cercato	you would have searched
loro avrebbero cercato	they would have searched

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cerchi	(... that) I search
(... che) tu cerchi	(... that) you search
(... che) lui cerchi	(... that) he searches
(... che) lei cerchi	(... that) she searches
(... che) noi cerchiamo	(... that) we search
(... che) voi cerchiate	(... that) you search
(... che) loro cerchino	(... that) they search

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cercassi	(... that) I was searching
(... che) tu cercassi	(... that) you were searching
(... che) lui cercasse	(... that) he was searching
(... che) lei cercasse	(... that) she was searching
(... che) noi cercassimo	(... that) we were searching
(... che) voi cercaste	(... that) you were searching
(... che) loro cercassero	(... that) they were searching

Imperative		Scored
cerca	Search
cerchiamo	Let's search
cercate	Search

Present Participle		Scored
cercante	searching

Past Participle		Scored
cercato	searched

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