Italian · verb

servire a

to serve to, to be used for

with fixed prepositionverbs · set 64

Example sentences

Questo attrezzo serve a tagliare la carta.

This tool is used for cutting paper.

Il corso è servito a migliorare il suo italiano.

The course served to improve his Italian.

Questo servirà a migliorare la situazione.

This will serve to improve the situation.

The preposition is part of the word. Without it the answer is wrong in ripiti: servire a, not servire.

Remember servire a for good. ripiti brings the word back just before you forget it, with these sentences. Free, no account needed, works offline.