essere

Meaning

Verb

1. (auxiliary) to have (done something); to be in the state of having (done something); See Category:Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary.
2. (auxiliary) to have (done something to oneself/oneselves); to be in the state of having (done something to oneself/oneselves); See Category:Italian reflexive verbs.
3. (auxiliary) to be (done something); to be in the state of being (done something); See Category:Italian transitive verbs.
4. (absolutive, intransitive) to be, to exist (regionally, chiefly in Tuscany, can be found in the singular also when referring to plural subjects)
5. (also, intransitive) to be (present)
6. (also, intransitive) to be true
7. (intransitive) to be
8. (impersonal, intransitive) to be
9. (impersonal, intransitive) to be
10. (intransitive) to exist
11. (intransitive) to be, to consist, to stay, to lay
12. (intransitive) to live
13. (intransitive) to have life, to have origin
14. (intransitive) to occur, to happen, to take place
15. (also, figuratively, intransitive) to be in/at a place; to be in a particular place/position compared to someone/something else
16. (intransitive) to be in/at a place, to come to a place; to be in/at a particular place/position compared to someone/something else, to come to a particular place/position compared to someone/something else
17. (also, figuratively, intransitive) to be (used in relation to the idea of motion)
18. (intransitive) to be (used in reference to time)
19. (intransitive) to be (used in reference to the spatial or temporal distance)
20. (intransitive, usually) to be (of)
21. (intransitive, usually) to be (to do something)
22. (intransitive, usually) to be (from)
23. (also, broadly, figuratively, intransitive) to be (in)
24. (also, figuratively, intransitive) to be (in)
25. (also, figuratively, intransitive) to be able to (do something)
26. (also, figuratively, intransitive) to be (at)
27. (intransitive) to have
28. (calque, intransitive) to be (given) to
29. (also, figuratively, intransitive) to be for
30. (also, figuratively, intransitive) to be (almost) (+ gerund); to be going to (+ infinitive)
31. to be with/against; to be on/over; to be between/among
32. to be; to have
33. (copulative, intransitive) to be
34. (copulative, intransitive) to be

Noun

1. (masculine, noun-from-verb, uncountable) being, living
2. (countable, masculine, noun-from-verb) being, living
3. (masculine, noun-from-verb, uncountable) being
4. (masculine, uncountable, usually) being
5. (idiomatic, masculine, uncountable) being; living; existence; condition
6. (idiomatic, masculine, uncountable) being, condition
7. (idiomatic, masculine, uncountable) being, in good conditions
8. (idiomatic, masculine, uncountable) ready
9. (idiomatic, masculine, uncountable) place, operation
10. (concrete, masculine, uncountable) being
11. (concrete, countable, masculine) being, creature
12. (broadly, concrete, countable, masculine) living being, creature
13. (masculine, uncountable) existence

Concepts

be

being

have

get

exist

creature

sit

🪑

stand

make

come

become

lie

existence

have got

receive

experience

let

live

mean

condition

hold

feature

for

get by

go

in agreement

in charge

individual

keep on

lack

live on

make up

nature

need

occur

of

permit

personify

remain

represent

require

responsible

rest

something

sound

🔉

stand up

stay

stay on

subsist

turn

Synonyms

stare

avere

fare

trovarsi

esistere

risultare

creatura

venire

esistenza

diventare

esserci

costituire

appartenere

divenire

servire

sussistere

arrivare

vivere

possedere

capitare

giacere

provare

rimanere

sembrare

significare

su

🆙

suonare

volere

bisognare

campare

disposizione

distendere

equivalere

esposto

farsi

impersonare

necessitare

privo

rendere

richiedere

sopravvivere

sussistenza

unanime

visione

assumersi la responsabilità

essere considerato

èsse

fare parte

sopravviere

starmene

Translations

être

ser

sein

ser

zijn

estar

ser

είμαι

estar

sum

estar

existir

ésser

wezen

Hyphenated as

ès‧se‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛs.se.re/

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. The past participle stato is from Latin stātus.

Sentences

Può essere assegnato solo a una persona singola .

It can only be assigned to a single person.

Questi devono così essere utilizzati attraverso un collegamento ad un terminale remoto .

These must thus be used through a connection to a remote terminal.

Secondo la legge , il Parlamento necessita di due terzi dei deputati per essere legittimo .

According to the law, Parliament needs two-thirds of the deputies to be legitimate.

Può essere usato per routing sia inter-domain che extra-domain.

It can be used for both inter-domain and extra-domain routing.

Le loro origini sono sconosciute , ma si suppone che posano essere di origine armena .

Their origins are unknown, but they are supposed to be of Armenian origin.

Potevano costituire anche reti complesse , che potevano essere rimosse e riutilizzate .

They could also constitute complex networks, which could be removed and reused.