farcela

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfar.t͡ʃe.la/
  • Rhymes: -artʃela
  • Hyphenation: fàr‧ce‧la
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Verb

fàrcela (pronominal, first-person singular present ce la fàccio, first-person singular past historic ce la féci, past participle fàttacela, first-person singular imperfect ce la facévo, first-person singular subjunctive ce la fàccia, second-person singular imperative fàccela, auxiliary avére) (informal)

  1. (intransitive) to be able to keep going or go on
    Se non ce la fai, va' pure a casa a riposare.
    If you can’t go on, you can go home and rest.
  2. (transitive with a (+ a verb in the infinitive)) to be able to, to manage to
    Non ce la faceva proprio a sopportarlo.
    She really couldn't stand him.
    Sai mica se ce l'hanno fatta a vincere?
    By any chance, do you know if they managed to win?
    • 1950, Cesare Pavese, chapter I, in La luna e i falò‎, Turin: Giulio Einaudi, published 1961, page 388:
      Nuto che, in confronto con me, non si è mai allontanato dal Salto, dice che per farcela a vivere in questa valle non bisogna mai uscirne.
      Nuto, who, compared to me, has never ventured far from the Salto, says that in order to be able to live in this valley you must never get out of it.
  3. (intransitive) to make it (succeed in doing something)
    Sarà difficile, ma sono sicura che può farcela.
    It's going to be hard, but I'm sure he can make it.
  4. (intransitive) to make it (become successful)
    C'è chi lo ammira, dicendo che ce l'ha fatta, ma tutti gli altri sanno che è un imbroglione.
    Some admire him, saying that he made it, but everyone else knows he's a swindler.
  5. (intransitive) to make it (succeed in surviving or living through something)
    L'intervento era rischioso, ma ce l'ha fatta.
    The surgery was risky, but he made it.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fàrcela (-are; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive fàrcela
auxiliary verb avére gerund facèndocela
present participle facènte past participle fàttacela
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ce la fàccio ce la fài ce la fà ce la facciàmo ce la fàte ce la fànno
imperfect ce la facévo ce la facévi ce la facéva ce la facevàmo ce la facevàte ce la facévano
past historic ce la féci ce la facésti ce la féce ce la facémmo ce la facéste ce la fécero
future ce la farò ce la farài ce la farà ce la farémo ce la faréte ce la farànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ce la farèi ce la farésti ce la farèbbe, ce la farébbe ce la farémmo ce la faréste ce la farèbbero, ce la farébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present ce la fàccia ce la fàccia ce la fàccia ce la facciàmo ce la facciàte ce la fàcciano
imperfect ce la facéssi ce la facéssi ce la facésse ce la facéssimo ce la facéste ce la facéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
fàccela ce la fàccia facciàmocela fàtecela ce la fàcciano
negative imperative non fàrcela, non ce la fàre non ce la fàccia non facciàmocela, non ce la facciàmo non fàtecela, non ce la fàte non ce la fàcciano

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