Skip to content

concernere

concern

verb kohn-CHEHR-neh-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin concernere, 'to mix, relate'

Also means

regard

Usage Note

Concernere is a formal verb meaning 'to concern/regard', most alive in the fixed phrase per quanto concerne ('as far as ... is concerned'). It is defective, rarely used outside the third person and present tenses; everyday speech prefers riguardare.

Examples

"Questo non ti concerne."

Natural Translation

This does not concern you.

Literal Translation

This not you concerns.

Free starter pack

Building your Italian vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Italian words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Italian by topic