Uscire Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Italian

uscire — to go out — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Italian. It is a non-reflexive, irregular -ire verb, and it comes up in conversation, at work and at home. It means to go out and to leave a place, and it takes essere in the passato prossimo. Its present has a stem change in the singular and third-person plural, and its forms are worth learning as a set. On this page you will find uscire in real sentences, grouped by meaning and tense, two short texts that show it in context, the mistakes learners actually make with it, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Start with the examples, say them aloud, and then test yourself. The full conjugation tables are on the uscire conjugation page, and the deep dive into its most practised tense is on the uscire passato prossimo tense page.

Example sentences with uscire

In the present tense

  • “Io esco con Maria ogni giorno.” — “I go out with Maria”
  • “Tu esci con Maria ogni giorno.” — “You go out with Maria”
  • “Lui esce con Maria ogni giorno.” — “He goes out with Maria”
  • “Noi usciamo con Maria ogni giorno.” — “We go out with Maria”
  • “Voi uscite con Maria ogni giorno.” — “You go out with Maria”
  • “Loro escono con Maria ogni giorno.” — “They go out with Maria”

In the passato prossimo

  • “Io sono uscito con Maria questa settimana.” — “I have gone out with Maria”
  • “Tu sei uscito con Maria questa settimana.” — “You have gone out with Maria”
  • “Lui è uscito con Maria questa settimana.” — “He has gone out with Maria”
  • “Noi siamo uscito con Maria questa settimana.” — “We have gone out with Maria”
  • “Voi siete uscito con Maria questa settimana.” — “You have gone out with Maria”
  • “Loro sono uscito con Maria questa settimana.” — “They have gone out with Maria”

In other tenses

The same verb in the imperfect, the future, the conditional, the present subjunctive and the imperative — the tenses that complete the picture. All forms come from the verified tables.

  • “Io uscivo con Maria una volta.” — “I used to go out with Maria”
  • “Tu uscirai con Maria domani.” — “You will go out with Maria”
  • “Lui uscirebbe con Maria un giorno.” — “He would go out with Maria”
  • “È importante che noi usciamo con Maria.” — “It is important that we go out with Maria”
  • “Esci con Maria!” — “Go out with Maria!”

How uscire is used

The first thing to know about uscire is its core meaning: to go out. It means to go out and to leave a place, and it takes essere in the passato prossimo. Its present has a stem change in the singular and third-person plural, and its forms are worth learning as a set. In everyday speech it appears most often in the present and the passato prossimo, the two tenses on this page, because most of what we say is either what we do every day or what we have just done. Learn those two tenses first and the rest of the conjugation becomes a matter of adding forms one at a time. The second thing to know is the company uscire keeps. The present io form is esco, and it pairs naturally with the time words ogni giorno and sempre for habits, and with adesso for what is happening right now. The passato prossimo io form is sono uscito, and it pairs with ieri and questa settimana for finished actions. When you learn a verb form, learn its time words with it, and choosing the tense becomes automatic. The third thing to know is what uscire does not do. It never appears as a bare infinitive after a subject pronoun — after io you need esco, never uscire. It never takes the wrong auxiliary in the perfect tenses: the passato prossimo is sono uscito, built with essere, and the other auxiliary does not belong here. And its participle uscito is given in the masculine singular form in the tables, with agreement depending on the sentence, not on the verb table.

Uscire in context

Io esco con Maria ogni giorno. Tu esci con Maria ogni giorno. Lui esce con Maria ogni giorno. Noi usciamo con Maria ogni giorno. That is a normal part of the routine, and that is why the present of uscire is the first form worth learning. Each sentence uses a different person, so read them aloud and notice how the form changes — esco, esci, esce, usciamo — while the meaning stays the same: to go out. Io sono uscito con Maria questa settimana. Tu sei uscito con Maria questa settimana. Lui è uscito con Maria questa settimana. Noi siamo uscito con Maria questa settimana. That was a normal day, but it is exactly on days like this that the passato prossimo of uscire appears constantly: a finished action, a precise moment, and the story goes on. Compare these sentences with the present ones above: the verb changes tense, but the basic meaning — to go out — does not change. That is the difference between a habit and a finished event.

Common mistakes

1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

✗ Wrong: “Io uscire con Maria.”

✓ Right: “Io esco con Maria ogni giorno.”

The infinitive uscire never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form esco.

2. Using the wrong person

✗ Wrong: “Io esci con Maria.”

✓ Right: “Io esco con Maria ogni giorno.”

esci is the tu form, not the io form. The io form is esco — check the person before you write the form.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Io esco con Maria ieri.”

✓ Right: “Io sono uscito con Maria questa settimana.”

Ieri points to the past, so use the passato prossimo sono uscito here, not the present esco.

4. Mixing up the auxiliary

✗ Wrong: “Io ho uscito con Maria.”

✓ Right: “Io sono uscito con Maria questa settimana.”

uscire takes essere in the passato prossimo. The io form is sono uscito — the other auxiliary never belongs with this verb.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on uscire across the tenses. Answers with explanations follow each question.

  1. What is the tu form of uscire in the Present indicative?

    • A) esco
    • B) esci
    • C) esce
    • D) usciamo

  2. What is the io form of uscire in the Present perfect (passato prossimo)?

    • A) sei uscito
    • B) è uscito
    • C) sono uscito
    • D) siamo uscito

  3. What is the lui/lei form of uscire in the Imperfect?

    • A) uscivo
    • B) uscivi
    • C) uscivamo
    • D) usciva

  4. What is the noi form of uscire in the Future?

    • A) usciremo
    • B) uscirò
    • C) uscirai
    • D) uscirà

  5. What is the tu form of uscire in the Conditional?

    • A) uscirei
    • B) usciresti
    • C) uscirebbe
    • D) usciremmo

  6. What is the io form of uscire in the Passato remoto?

    • A) uscisti
    • B) uscì
    • C) uscii
    • D) uscimmo

  7. What is the noi form of uscire in the Present subjunctive?

    • A) esca
    • B) usciate
    • C) escano
    • D) usciamo

  8. What is the gerund of uscire?

    • A) uscendo
    • B) uscito
    • C) uscire
    • D) esco

  9. What is the past participle of uscire?

    • A) uscendo
    • B) uscito
    • C) uscire
    • D) esco

  10. What does uscire mean in English?

  • A) to be
  • B) to have
  • C) to go out
  • D) to do, to make

Answer key

  1. B) esci — the correct form is esci. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  2. C) sono uscito — the correct form is sono uscito. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  3. D) usciva — the correct form is usciva. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  4. A) usciremo — the correct form is usciremo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  5. B) usciresti — the correct form is usciresti. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  6. C) uscii — the correct form is uscii. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  7. D) usciamo — the correct form is usciamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  8. A) uscendo — the correct form is uscendo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  9. B) uscito — the correct form is uscito. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  10. C) to go out — the correct form is to go out. The other options are other forms of the same verb.

Frequently asked questions

What does uscire mean in English?

uscire means “to go out”. You use it whenever you talk about to go out in Italian, in the present, the past and the future.

Is uscire regular or irregular?

uscire is irregular. uscire is irregular in present, present-subjunctive, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative — learn those forms as a set.

What are the gerund and past participle of uscire?

The gerund is uscendo and the past participle is uscito. The perfect tenses use essere + uscito.

Where can I see the full conjugation of uscire?

On the uscire conjugation page — every tense, every person, with tables. The uscire passato prossimo tense page goes deeper into its most practised tense.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for uscire, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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