Italian unusual stress pattern in ARE verbs @resonance2001
Italian unusual stress pattern in ARE verbs  @resonance2001
Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This Italian lesson is about the accento sdrucciolo. The stress falls on the third to last syllable which I find unusual and can catch a few people out. This occurs on the short forms of the verb in the present tense and the "they" form. This also affects the present subjunctive!

Here is a list of verbs that have this issue:
brontolare
capitare
celebrare
dedicare
desiderare
dominare
esercitare
immaginare
indicare
litigare
manipolare
mormorare
necessitare
occupare
ordinare
partecipare (a)
predicare
predominare
provocare
pubblicare
regolare
reputare
rotolare
scivolare
significare
superare
telefonare
terminare

Luca Fiorio has sent me a message:
Notice that many verbs like these have the same stress as the noun or adjective with the same root or similar, for example:
io immàgino - l'immàgine
io scìvolo - lo scìvolo
io prèdico - la prèdica
io impàgino - la pàgina
io rèplico - la rèplica
io ròtolo - il ròtolo
io cèlebro - cèlebre
io degènero - degènere
io àbito - l'àbito
io pùbblico - il pùbblico, pùbblico
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Italian unusual stress pattern in ARE verbs

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