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ITALIAN VERB

entrarci

to have to do with (non c'entra, it has nothing to do with it)

  • #473 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: entrato
  • Gerund: entrandoci

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I have to do with
  2. tu you have to do with
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she has to do with
  4. noi we have to do with
  5. voi you all have to do with
  6. loro they have to do with

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I had to do with
  2. tu you had to do with
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she had to do with
  4. noi we had to do with
  5. voi you all had to do with
  6. loro they had to do with

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to have to do with
  2. tu you used to have to do with
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to have to do with
  4. noi we used to have to do with
  5. voi you all used to have to do with
  6. loro they used to have to do with

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will have to do with
  2. tu you will have to do with
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will have to do with
  4. noi we will have to do with
  5. voi you all will have to do with
  6. loro they will have to do with

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would have to do with
  2. tu you would have to do with
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would have to do with
  4. noi we would have to do with
  5. voi you all would have to do with
  6. loro they would have to do with

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I have to do with
  2. tu (that) you have to do with
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she have to do with
  4. noi (that) we have to do with
  5. voi (that) you all have to do with
  6. loro (that) they have to do with

How to use entrarci

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Io non c'entro niente con questa storia.

    I've got nothing to do with this business.

  2. Past

    Il tempo non c'è entrato, il volo era in ritardo comunque.

    The weather had nothing to do with it, the flight was late anyway.

  3. Imperfect

    Che c'entrava mia sorella con il tuo lavoro?

    What did my sister have to do with your job?

  4. Future

    Secondo me c'entrerà anche la stanchezza.

    I think tiredness will have something to do with it too.

  5. Conditional

    Che c'entrerebbe la pioggia con il ritardo?

    What would the rain have to do with the delay?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non credo che c'entri la fortuna.

    I don't think luck has anything to do with it.

Good to know

  • Mostly in the third person: non c'entra niente, that's got nothing to do with it; che c'entra?, what's that got to do with it?

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -are verb.