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indicare

to indicate

verb een-dee-KAH-reh Common
Communication Speech

Origin: Latin indicare, 'to point out, declare'

Also means

to point to, to show

Usage Note

Indicare means to point at something physically (indicare con il dito, to point with a finger) and to indicate/suggest in a broader sense (i dati indicano che..., the data indicate that...). It uses avere as auxiliary and follows the regular -are conjugation. Note the spelling: indicare retains the hard 'c' before -a/-o endings but shifts: indico, indichi, indica.

Examples

"Il cartello indica la direzione giusta."

Natural Translation

The sign indicates the right direction.

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