vedi

Vedi is an Italian verb form derived from vedere, meaning to see or to perceive. It serves as the second-person singular present indicative (tu vedi) and as the imperative form (Vedi!) used to give a command or make a request. In everyday speech it is common for speakers to use vedi to prompt attention or to check comprehension, as in “Vedi?” meaning “Do you see?” or “See?”

Etymology and related forms: Vedere comes from Latin videre. The standard past participle of vedere is visto, used with avere to form compound tenses (ho visto). An older or regional variant veduto also appears in some contexts but visto is far more common today. The verb also appears in other tenses and moods: passato remoto (io vidi, tu vedesti, lui/lei vide, noi vedemmo, voi vedeste, loro viderono), imperfect (io vedevo, tu vedevi, lui/lei vedeva, noi vedevamo, voi vedevate, loro vedevano), gerund (vedendo).

Usage notes: Vedi is widely used in informal conversation and writing. In reference works and encyclopedias, the Italian equivalent of “see also” is often written “Vedi anche” to direct readers to related topics. As a stem-changing verb in certain forms, vedere follows regular -ERE conjugation patterns in most tenses, with irregularities confined to the stem changes in some historical forms.

In summary, vedi is a common, versatile form of vedere used for present-tense statements to you, or as an imperative command, and it anchors a broader set of related tenses and usages centered on the verb meaning “to see.”