Servirà

Servirà is the third-person singular future indicative form of the Italian verb servire. The verb means to serve, to be of use, or to be usable. In the future tense, servirà indicates that something will serve a purpose, will be useful, or will be needed later.

Conjugation in the indicative future is built on the stem serv-, with the endings appropriate for the three categories of person: io servirò, tu servirai, lui/lei servirà, noi serviremo, voi servirete, loro serviranno. The verb also appears in other moods and tenses, for example in the present subjunctive: che io serva, che tu serva, che lui serva, che noi serviamo, che voi serviate, che loro servano.

Etymology traces servire to the Latin verb servire, meaning to be in service or to serve, which is related to the English word “serve.” The term retains the core sense of providing usefulness, help, or function.

Usage notes: servire is versatile and appears in contexts ranging from practical to figurative. It can express future usefulness or necessity, as in questo libro servirà per prepararti all’esame (this book will be useful to you for preparing for the exam). It also occurs in phrases describing function: questo strumento servirà come prova della tua teoria (this instrument will serve as evidence of your theory). In daily language, forms of servirà partner with pronouns to indicate who will benefit or require something, as in mi servirà una mano (I will need a hand / it will be useful to me to have a hand).

See also: ser vi re, servire in other tenses and moods, related verbs and phrases in Italian.