uscire

to go out

verb oo-SHEE-reh Common

Origin: Latin exire (to go out), via Vulgar Latin

Also means

to exit, to come out

Usage Note

Uscire is an irregular verb and crucially uses essere as its auxiliary in compound tenses: sono uscito/a ('I went out'), not ho uscito. This is important for agreement: a woman says sono uscita. It also means to leave a relationship or situation: uscire dalla crisi ('to get out of the crisis'). The noun uscita means 'exit' or 'outing'.

Examples

"Usciamo insieme stasera?"

Natural Translation

Shall we go out together tonight?

Literal Translation

We-go-out together tonight?

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