Regular -ire Verbs with -isc-

Verbi regolari della terza coniugazione con -isc-

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Most regular Italian verbs that end in –ire require –isc– in four of their conjugations (1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular and 3rd person plural). To conjugate them, remove the infinitive ending and then add one of the following verb endings:

	Singular			Plural
1st person	io	-isco		noi	-iamo
2nd person	tu	-isci		voi	-ite
3rd person	lui	-isce		loro	-iscono

Thus to conjugate finire, you’ll remove the infinitive ending –ire to find the radical fin– and then add the appropriate endings:

FINIRE	Singular			Plural
1st person	io	finisco		noi	finiamo
2nd person	tu	finisci		voi	finite
3rd person	lui	finisce		loro	finiscono

Common –ire verbs with –isc–

aborrire*		to abhor
agire		to act
apparire**		to seem
applaudire*		to applaud, clap
approfondire		to deepen, elaborate on
arrossire		to blush
assorbire*		to absorb
capire		to understand
colpire		to hit; to affect
comparire**		to appear
compartire*		to share, to divide
condire		to season
contribuire		to contribute
costruire		to build
definire		to define
differire		to differ, be different
dimagrire		to lose weight
distribuire		to distribute
fallire		to fail
favorire		to favor; to promote
ferire		to hurt, wound
finire		to finish, end
fornire		to provide, furnish
garantire		to guarantee
gestire		to manage, handle
gradire		to like, to accept
guarire		to heal, cure, recover
impartire		to give, impart
impedire		to prevent, obstruct, impede
inghiottire*		to swallow
ingrandire		to enlarge
inserire		to insert
interferire		to interfere
istruire		to instruct
mentire*		to lie
nutrire*		to feed
obbedire		to obey
preferire		to prefer
proibire		to prohibit
pulire		to clean
punire		to punish
reagire		to react
restituire		to return, give back
riferire		to relate, to refer
scomparire**		to disappear
seppellire		to bury
sostituire		to substitute, replace
spedire		to send, ship
stabilire		to establish, set up
subire		to suffer, to endure, go through
suggerire		to suggest
tossire*		to cough
tradire		to betray
trasferire		to transfer, to move, reolocate
ubbidire		to obey
unire		to unite, join, merge

 There’s a smaller group of regular –ire verbs that are not conjugated with –isc: Regular –ire verbs

* These verbs can be conjugated according to either of the regular –ire patterns.

** These 3 verbs have an additional conjugation pattern: –parire verbs

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