Italian verbs that take essere

128 verbs in this group

In compound tenses most Italian verbs use avere, and the past participle never changes. A minority use essere, and with essere the participle agrees with the subject in gender and number, exactly like an adjective.

The group is coherent once you see it: verbs of motion and change of state (andare, venire, arrivare, partire, uscire, entrare, nascere, morire, diventare), essere and stare themselves, and every reflexive verb.

Getting the auxiliary wrong is the most audible error an intermediate learner makes, because it forces a second error (the agreement) right after it.

All 128 italian verbs that take essere

Ordered by how often they appear in real Italian, so the ones worth learning first are at the top. Every entry links to its full conjugation in all 15 tenses.

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Italian verbs that take essere

All 128 italian verbs that take essere

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