Significato di come in italiano

• 0 to move or travel towards a person who is speaking -- venire

  • Come here. Vieni qui.

  • Can you come to my party? Puoi venire alla mia festa?

  • Here comes Adam (= Adam is coming). Ecco che arriva Adam.

• 1 to arrive somewhere -- arrivare, venire

  • I’ve come to see Mr Curtis. Sono venuto a trovare il signor Curtis.

  • Has the paper come yet? È arrivato ancora il giornale?

• 2 to go somewhere with the person who is speaking -- venire

  • Come with us later. Vieni con noi dopo.

• 3 to be available to buy in a particular colour, size, etc. -- essere disponibile

  • Do these socks come in any other colour? Sono disponibili in altri colori questi calzini?

• 4 to have a particular position in a competition or list -- classificarsi, essere (al primo, secondo posto, ecc.)

  • Our team came third. La nostra squadra è arrivata al terzo posto.

• 5 to happen -- venire, arrivare

  • Spring has come early this year. La primavera è arrivata presto quest’anno.

• 6 to reach a state, or change to a different state -- giungere, raggiungere

  • I was sad when the evening came to an end. Ero triste quando è finita la serata.

  • I came to the conclusion that the relationship wasn’t working. Arrivai alla conclusione che la relazione non stava funzionando.

• 7 to become separated or removed from something -- staccarsi

  • The book came apart in my hands. Il libro mi è venuto a pezzi in mano.

  • The handle came off. Si è staccato il manico.

• 8 used to ask why something has happened -- come mai?

  • How come you didn’t go to the party? Come mai non sei andato alla festa?

• 9 to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him -- venire, arrivare

  • Come here!

  • Are you coming to the dance?

  • John has come to see me

  • Have any letters come for me?

• 10 to become near or close to something in time or space -- avvicinarsi

  • Christmas is coming soon.

• 11 to happen or be situated -- venire

  • The letter ‘d’ comes between ‘c’ and ‘e’ in the alphabet.

• 12 (often with to) to happen (by accident) -- succedere

  • How did you come to break your leg?

• 13 to arrive at (a certain state etc) -- arrivare

  • What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.

• 14 (with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to) -- essere

  • The total comes to 51.

• 15 expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc -- suvvia!, (ma va!), (andiamo!)

  • Come, come! That was very rude of you!