italian 550 most common verbs

accogliere

to welcome

affrettarsi

to hurry / to rush

ammettere

to admit

apparecchiare

to set / to lay / to prepare ; (the table)

colpire

to hit / to strike

commuovere

to affect / to move ; (emotionally)

digerire

to digest

dirigere

to direct

implicare

to implicate

invadere

to invade

prevalere

to prevail

rivolgersi

to turn around ; (self)

svenire

to faint / to swoon

toccare

to touch

tradurre

to translate

calmarsi

to calm oneself down

compiacere

to satisfy

gridare

to shout / to scream

impiegare

to employ ; (to hire / to take on) / to use

istruire

to instruct

meritare

to deserve / to merit

misurare

to measure

muovere

to move / to stir

raggiungere

to reach

rimproverare

to reproach

ripetere

to repeat

riuscire

to succeed / be able to

sospendere

to suspend

spedire

to send / to ship

tentare

to attempt / to try / to tempt

avvolgere

to wrap up / to envelop / to wrap

concedere

to concede

fingere

to fake / to feign / to pretend

infliggere

to inflict

lamentarsi

to complain

mantenere

to maintain

medicare

to medicate

nutrire

to feed / to nourish / to nurture

ottenere

to obtain

persuadere

to persuade

promettere

to promise

reggere

to support / to bear / to withstand

restituire

to restore / to return / to give back

rincrescere

to regret

sposare

to marry

abbandonare

to abandon

abbronzare

to tan

abituarsi

to get used to

afferrare

to seize / to grasp / to grab

assumere

to assume

comprare

to buy

friggere

to fry

gestire

to manage / to run / to organise / to organize ; (eg. a business / event)

guadagnare

to earn

piovere

to rain

ridurre

to reduce

ritenere

to retain

salvare

to save / to rescue

urlare

to shout

aggiungere

to add

alludere

to allude

ballare

to dance

comportarsi

to behave oneself / to behave

coprire

to cover

descrivere

to describe

dipendere

to depend

garantire

to guarantee

illudere

to deceive

intendere

to intend / to mean

liquidare

to liquidate / to settle

pretendere

to demand

salutare

to greet

sottrarre

to subtract

variare

to vary

annoiare

to annoy / to bore

correggere

to correct

eleggere

to elect

fallire

to fail

fermarsi

to stop oneself / to stop

firmare

to sign

includere

to include

obbligare

to obligate

omettere

to omit

pesare

to weigh

produrre

to produce

rassegnarsi

to resign oneself

scrivere

to write

spargere

to spread / to scatter / (usually solids) /to disseminate / to diffuse

votare

to vote

accendere

to light / to turn on / to switch on

assistere

to assist / to attend / to be present at / to aid

causare

to cause

celebrare

to celebrate

comporre

to compose

contenere

to contain

divertirsi

to enjoy oneself

esprimere

to express

inquinare

to pollute

lottare

to struggle / to fight / to wrestle

negoziare

to negotiate