"cercare" meaning in Italian

See cercare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃerˈka.re/
Rhymes: -are Etymology: Inherited from Late Latin circāre, from Latin circa, circus. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la-lat|circō|circāre||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin circāre, {{inh+|it|la-lat|circō|circāre}} Inherited from Late Latin circāre, {{inh|it|la|circa}} Latin circa Head templates: {{it-verb|a/é}} cercàre (first-person singular present cérco, first-person singular past historic cercài, past participle cercàto, auxiliary avére), {{tlb|it|transitive}} (transitive) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/é}} Forms: cercàre [canonical], cérco [first-person, present, singular], cercài [first-person, historic, past, singular], cercàto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], cercàre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], cercàndo [gerund], cercànte [participle, present], cercàto [participle, past], cérco [first-person, indicative, present, singular], cérchi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], cérca [indicative, present, singular, third-person], cerchiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], cercàte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], cércano [indicative, plural, present, third-person], cercàvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], cercàvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], cercàva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], cercavàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], cercavàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], cercàvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], cercài [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], cercàsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], cercò [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], cercàmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], cercàste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], cercàrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], cercherò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], cercherài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], cercherà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], cercherémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], cercheréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], cercherànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], cercherèi [conditional, first-person, singular], cercherésti [conditional, second-person, singular], cercherèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], cercherébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], cercherémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], cercheréste [conditional, plural, second-person], cercherèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], cercherébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], cérchi [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], cérchi [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cérchi [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], cerchiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], cerchiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], cérchino [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], cercàssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], cercàssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cercàsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], cercàssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], cercàste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], cercàssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], cérca [imperative, second-person, singular], cérchi [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], cerchiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], cercàte [imperative, plural, second-person], cérchino [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], cercàre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], cérchi [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], cerchiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], cercàte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], cérchino [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], cercar [alternative, apocopic]
  1. to look for Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cercare-it-verb-3yMFEON8 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 63 37 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 63 37 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37
  2. to try [with di (+ infinitive)] Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cercare-it-verb-homoUYHR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cerca, cercamine, cercapersone, cercarsi, cercata, cercatore, cerchio

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "charper"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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    {
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        "2": "la-lat",
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        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la-lat",
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      "expansion": "Inherited from Late Latin circāre",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "circa"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin circa",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Late Latin circāre, from Latin circa, circus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cercàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàre",
          "cercare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérco",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérco",
          "cerco"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercài",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercài",
          "cercai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàto",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàto",
          "cercato"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàre",
          "cercare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàndo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàndo",
          "cercando#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercànte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercànte",
          "cercante#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàto",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàto",
          "cercato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérco",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérco",
          "cerco#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérca",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérca",
          "cerca#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cerchiàmo",
          "cerchiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàte",
          "cercate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cércano",
      "links": [
        [
          "cércano",
          "cercano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàvo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàvo",
          "cercavo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàvi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàvi",
          "cercavi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàva",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàva",
          "cercava#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercavàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercavàmo",
          "cercavamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercavàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercavàte",
          "cercavate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàvano",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàvano",
          "cercavano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercài",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercài",
          "cercai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàsti",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàsti",
          "cercasti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàmmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàmmo",
          "cercammo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàste",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàste",
          "cercaste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàrono",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàrono",
          "cercarono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherài",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherài",
          "cercherai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherémo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherémo",
          "cercheremo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercheréte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercheréte",
          "cercherete#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherànno",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherànno",
          "cercheranno#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherèi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherèi",
          "cercherei#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherésti",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherésti",
          "cercheresti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherèbbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherèbbe",
          "cercherebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherébbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherébbe",
          "cercherebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherémmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherémmo",
          "cercheremmo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercheréste",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercheréste",
          "cerchereste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherèbbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherèbbero",
          "cercherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherébbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherébbero",
          "cercherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cerchiàmo",
          "cerchiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cerchiàte",
          "cerchiate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchino",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchino",
          "cerchino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàssi",
          "cercassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàssi",
          "cercassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàsse",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàsse",
          "cercasse#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssimo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàssimo",
          "cercassimo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàste",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàste",
          "cercaste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssero",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàssero",
          "cercassero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérca",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérca",
          "cerca#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cerchiàmo",
          "cerchiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàte",
          "cercate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchino",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchino",
          "cerchino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
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          "cercàte",
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}
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          "cercàre",
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          "avére",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàndo",
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          "cercàndo",
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        ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cercànte",
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          "cercànte",
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        ]
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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          "cercàto",
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          "cérco",
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          "cérca",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cerchiàmo",
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          "cerchiàmo",
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        ]
      ],
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàte",
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          "cercàte",
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        ]
      ],
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        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cércano",
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          "cércano",
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        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cercàvo",
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        [
          "cercàvo",
          "cercavo#Italian"
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      ],
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cercàvi",
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        [
          "cercàvi",
          "cercavi#Italian"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cercàva",
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        [
          "cercàva",
          "cercava#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercavàmo",
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          "cercavàmo",
          "cercavamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cercavàte",
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          "cercavàte",
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        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cercàvano",
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          "cercàvano",
          "cercavano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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          "cercài",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cercàsti",
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          "cercàsti",
          "cercasti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàmmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàmmo",
          "cercammo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàste",
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        [
          "cercàste",
          "cercaste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàrono",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàrono",
          "cercarono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherò",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherài",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherài",
          "cercherai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherà",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherémo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherémo",
          "cercheremo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercheréte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercheréte",
          "cercherete#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherànno",
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        [
          "cercherànno",
          "cercheranno#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherèi",
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          "cercherèi",
          "cercherei#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherésti",
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        [
          "cercherésti",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherèbbe",
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        [
          "cercherèbbe",
          "cercherebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherébbe",
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        [
          "cercherébbe",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherémmo",
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        [
          "cercherémmo",
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        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercheréste",
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        [
          "cercheréste",
          "cerchereste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherèbbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherèbbero",
          "cercherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercherébbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercherébbero",
          "cercherebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
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          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
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          "cérchi",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
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          "cérchi",
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      ],
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàmo",
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        [
          "cerchiàmo",
          "cerchiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "present",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cerchiàte",
          "cerchiate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchino",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchino",
          "cerchino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàssi",
          "cercassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàssi",
          "cercassi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàsse",
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        [
          "cercàsse",
          "cercasse#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssimo",
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          "cercàssimo",
          "cercassimo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàste",
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        [
          "cercàste",
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàssero",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàssero",
          "cercassero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérca",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérca",
          "cerca#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cerchiàmo",
          "cerchiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàte",
          "cercate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchino",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchino",
          "cerchino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàre",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàre",
          "cercare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchi",
          "cerchi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerchiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cerchiàmo",
          "cerchiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "cercàte",
          "cercate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cérchino",
      "links": [
        [
          "cérchino",
          "cerchino#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "apocopic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/é"
      },
      "expansion": "cercàre (first-person singular present cérco, first-person singular past historic cercài, past participle cercàto, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "transitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(transitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cer‧cà‧re"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cer‧cà‧re"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/é"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cerca"
    },
    {
      "word": "cercamine"
    },
    {
      "word": "cercapersone"
    },
    {
      "word": "cercarsi"
    },
    {
      "word": "cercata"
    },
    {
      "word": "cercatore"
    },
    {
      "word": "cerchio"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to look for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to try"
      ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": ":di(inf)"
          },
          "expansion": "[with di (+ infinitive)]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "di",
              "(+",
              "infinitive)"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to try [with di (+ infinitive)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃerˈka.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cercare"
}

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