How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Italian words on “Verb patterns”. The full topic holds 151 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Italian vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Italian vocabulary: verb patterns

To need, to be about to, to remember: the Italian verb phrases that keep coming back in conversation.

Here are 100 Italian words on “Verb patterns”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 38 words

Italian	English
avere il diritto di	to be allowed to
servire a	to be used for
rimproverarsi	to blame oneself
ricorrere a	to call upon
continuare a	to carry on doing
scegliere di	to choose to
tornare	to come back
entrare	to come in
fare a meno di	to do without
aspettarsi	to expect
compilare	to fill in
faticare a	to find it hard to
finire di	to finish doing
dimenticare di	to forget to
salire	to get on
dare luogo a	to give rise to
procedere	to go about it
rientrare	to go back inside
uscire con	to go out with
passare per	to go through
avere appena	to have just done
aiutare a	to help to
comunicare	to inform of
imparare a	to learn to
occuparsi	to look afterTake charge of
guardare	to look at
cercare	to look for
fare attenzione a	to pay attention to
cavarsela	to pull through
sopportare	to put up with
rendersi conto	to realiseBecome aware of something
riprendersi	to recover
contare su	to rely on
ricordarsi	to remember
mettersi a	to start doing
fermarsi	to stop
togliere	to take off
capire	to work out

Level 2: medium 36 words

Italian	English
accettare di	to agree to
interessarsi a	to be interested in
essere obbligato a	to be obliged to
essere fiero di	to be proud of
prendere coscienza di	to become aware of
calmarsi	to calm down
recuperare	to catch up
verificarsi	to come about
decidere di	to decide to
sognare di	to dream of
incoraggiare a	to encourage to
vestirsi	to get dressed
sbagliarsi	to get it wrong
sposarsi	to get married
prepararsi a	to get ready to
alzarsi	to get up
abbandonare	to give up
distribuire	to hand out
divertirsi	to have fun
trattenere	to hold back
avere intenzione di	to intend to
prendersi cura	to look afterSee to someone’s well-being
decidersi a	to make up one’s mind
riporre	to put away
rinviare	to put off
dar prova di	to show evidence of
separarsi	to split up
smettere di	to stop doing
affrontare	to tackle
tenere conto di	to take into account
riflettere su	to think over
fidarsi di	to trust
respingere	to turn down
spegnere	to turn off
servirsi di	to use
svegliarsi	to wake up

Level 3: hard 26 words

Italian	English
rischiare di	to be likely to
diffidare di	to be wary of
curarsi di	to care about
incontrare per caso	to come across
meritare di	to deserve to
dedicarsi a	to devote oneself to
addormentarsi	to fall asleep
obbligare a	to force to
arrabbiarsi	to get angry
annoiarsi	to get bored
ripassare	to go over
ferirsi	to hurt oneself
insistere su	to insist on
invitare a	to invite to
attendere con impazienza	to look forward to
cercare nel dizionario	to look up
prendere in giro	to make fun
arrangiarsi	to manage
opporsi a	to oppose
infilarsi	to put on
rammaricarsi di	to regret
sospettare	to suspect
incaricarsi di	to take charge of
assumere	to take on
considerare	to think of
spogliarsi	to undress

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How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Italian words on “Verb patterns”. The full topic holds 151 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Italian vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.