Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for fall is cascare
The Italian verb for fall is the irregular -ARE verb cascare.... imagine water falls in CASCADES down the waterfall!
Cascare can also mean: to fall down, to drop, to tumble.
Related words include:
- cascarci (v) : to fall for; to swallow the bait.
- cascante (adj) : drooping, sagging, flabby.
- la cascata (nf) : cascade, waterfall.
- cascare dal sonno (v) : to be falling asleep on one' feet.
These verbs add an h after c and before e and i so as to maintain the hard 'k' sound. Note also that cercare is a verb that takes essere in the compound tenses and the past participle agrees with the subject.
Verbs conjugated in this way also include : placare, placcare, imbarcare, sbancare, sboscare, locare, seccare, spaccare.
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Imagine water falls in
CASCADES down the waterfall!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente fall |
casco | caschi | casca | caschiamo | cascate | cascano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto fell |
cascavo | cascavi | cascava | cascavamo | cascavate | cascavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto fell |
cascai | cascasti | cascò | cascammo | cascaste | cascarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will fall |
cascherò | cascherai | cascherà | cascheremo | cascherete | cascheranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would fall |
cascherei | cascheresti | cascherebbe | cascheremmo | caschereste | cascherebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may fall |
caschi | caschi | caschi | caschiamo | caschiate | caschino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have fallen |
sono cascato/a | sei cascato/a | è cascato/a | siamo cascato/a | siete cascato/a | sono cascato/a |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had fallen |
ero cascato/a | eri cascato/a | era cascato/a | eravamo cascato/a | eravate cascato/a | erano cascato/a |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have fallen |
sarò cascato/a | sarai cascato/a | sarà cascato/a | saremo cascato/a | sarete cascato/a | saranno cascato/a |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have fallen |
sarei cascato/a | saresti cascato/a | sarebbe cascato/a | saremmo cascato/a | sareste cascato/a | sarebbero cascato/a |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have fallen |
sia cascato/a | sia cascato/a | sia cascato/a | siamo cascato/a | siate cascato/a | siano cascato/a |
| Imperative Imperativo fall! |
casca! non cascare! |
(non) caschi! | (non) caschiamo! | (non) cascate! | (non) caschino! | |
✔ Cascare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
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