verb

raccomandare

recommend

Suggerire qualcosa o qualcuno perché si pensa che sia una buona scelta.

Raccomandare is a verb meaning:

To recommend a person, thing, or course of action: suggesting it as suitable or beneficial.
To urge or advise someone to do something, often with a sense of care or importance.
To entrust someone or something to another person’s care.
To pull strings for someone, helping them gain an advantage through personal influence. This use can carry a negative connotation.

It is a regular -are verb and takes the auxiliary avere in compound tenses. Its past participle is raccomandato.

It comes from the prefix ra-, expressing reinforcement or repetition, and comandare , “to command.”

consigliare — “to advise” or “recommend”; often emphasizes giving advice.
suggerire — “to suggest”; generally less forceful.
affidare — “to entrust”; applies to placing someone or something in another’s care.
sconsigliare — “to advise against”; an antonym in the sense of recommending an action.

raccomandare un libro — to recommend a book.
raccomandare a qualcuno di fare qualcosa — to urge someone to do something.
mi raccomando — “please make sure” or “remember,” used to emphasize a request or warning.

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Il professore vuole raccomandare un buon libro.verb

The professor wants to recommend a good book.

Mi hanno raccomandato di arrivare in anticipo all'incontro.verb

They recommended that I arrive early to the meeting.

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