'insegnare' & 'imparare' - What's the difference? | A Coffee Break with Francesca

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We're back with a new episode, bringing you a little espresso lesson in between the main seasons of Coffee Break Italian. Today, Francesca explores two essential Italian verbs that often cause confusion: imparare (to learn) and insegnare (to teach). 👩‍🎓 👨‍🏫

While they may look similar, they have opposite meanings and different structures. By the end of the episode, you’ll know exactly when to use imparare and when to use insegnare and feel confident putting both into practice.

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0:00.0	Ciao, I am Francesca. Welcome to this mini episode in between main seasons of coffee break Italian.
0:10.6	As always, I'm here to help me to help mellorraer your Italian,
0:16.2	little atraver so these mini-lezzions.
0:20.9	All right,
0:21.9	comecham.
0:26.9	Something that I'm being
0:31.2	often asked in class
0:33.1	is the difference
0:34.8	between the verbs
0:36.2	to learn and Inseigneur to teach.
0:43.4	Many people, including Italian native speakers at times,
0:48.6	confuse these verbs because they look pretty similar.
0:53.3	They both start with an Italian I,
0:57.2	and they both end in Aere.
1:00.9	However, not only they are opposite in meaning,
1:05.4	but their phrasal structure is quite different.
1:09.6	So let's see them both. We're going to start with
1:13.9	Imparare to learn. This verb refers to the action of acquiring new knowledge,
1:23.7	skills or information. We use this verb when talking about someone who is learning something like a student,
1:34.7	student, a pupil, alumno or alumna, and anyone who is willing to learn something new.
1:45.1	You can
1:46.0	Imparare Qualcosa to learn something
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