Skip to content

suggerire

suggest

verb sood-jeh-REE-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin suggerere 'to supply'

Also means

recommend

Usage Note

Suggerire means to suggest or recommend; like many -ire verbs it takes the -isc- infix, giving io suggerisco. In a school context it also means to prompt or whisper answers to a classmate.

Examples

"Ti suggerisco di partire presto."

Natural Translation

I suggest you leave early.

Literal Translation

To-you I-suggest of leave early.

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