Italian Verb Conjugations: Essere - ThoughtCo
www.thoughtco.com › italian-verb-conjugationsFeb 25, 2020 · Updated on February 25, 2020. The Italian verb essere is a very irregular verb of the second conjugation that means "to be" and "to exist." It is an intransitive verb (because there is no action to transit, so to speak), and hence does not have a direct object . Aside from being a descriptive of a state of being or existence of something—I am ...