intervistare

Intervistare is an Italian transitive verb meaning to conduct an interview or to question someone in a formal or recorded conversation. It is commonly used in journalism, research, media, and human resources, where the action centers on asking questions to gather information, opinions, or testimonies from an interviewee. The noun form is intervista (an interview); the person who conducts interviews is called an intervistatore (male) or intervistatrice (female), and the person being interviewed is an intervistato (male) or intervistata (female). The phrase fare un'intervista is a common synonym for intervistare.

Etymology and usage: intervistare derives from the concept of an encounter or meeting related to the act of interviewing. The term has been adopted into Italian from international practice of interview reporting, with influences from the French entrevue or the English interview in historical usage.

Conjugation: intervistare is a regular -are verb. Present tense forms include io intervisto, tu intervisti, lui/lei intervista, noi intervistiamo, voi intervistate, loro intervistano. Other common tenses include: imperfect intervistavo, intervistavi, intervistava, intervistavamo, intervistavate, intervistavano; passato prossimo ho intervistato, hai intervistato, ha intervistato, abbiamo intervistato, avete intervistato, hanno intervistato; future intervisterò, intervisterai, intervisterà, intervisteremo, intervisterete, intervisteranno.

Notes: intervistare is used with a direct object (“intervistare una persona,” “intervistare un esperto”) and with phrases indicating the topic of inquiry (intervistare qualcuno su un tema). In English, the corresponding verb is “to interview,” while the noun remains “intervista.”