interessiamo

Interessiamo is the present indicative first-person plural form of the Italian verb interessare. The verb means to interest or to concern, and it is transitive: something can interest someone, or we can interest other people as agents. In ordinary use, the thing that interests someone is the subject of the sentence, while the person who is interested is typically expressed with an indirect object pronoun.

In standard constructions, Italians more often express personal interest with ci interessa, meaning “it interests us” or “we are interested in it.” For example, Questo tema ci interessa. The form interessiamo can appear when the subject is nosotros or when the speakers themselves actively cause interest in others, as in Noi interessiamo i lettori with a direct object: “We interest readers with our articles.” The choice between using ci interessa and noi interessiamo depends on whether the focus is on the object of interest or on the act of provoking interest.

Interessi and interessare have related forms. The reflexive verb interessarsi a or interessarsi di is used to express taking an interest in something (mi sono interessato alla storia). The adjective interessante means “interesting,” and the noun interesse means “interest” or “concern,” including financial or personal interest.

Etymology traces interessare to the Latin inter- and esse, with the sense of being between or of importance. In modern Italian, interessare remains common in media, education, business, and everyday speech, with the ci/interesse construction as its primary idiom for expressing personal interest.