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faticare

to toil, to struggle

verb fah-tee-KAH-reh Rare
Body & Health Movement

Origin: From Latin fatigare (to tire out).

Also means

to labour, to work hard

Usage Note

Faticare conveys sustained effort against difficulty — faticare a capire (to struggle to understand), faticare per vivere (to toil to make a living). It is intransitive and takes avere as auxiliary. The noun fatica (fatigue, toil) is more common in everyday speech. Fare fatica a fare qualcosa is the frequent periphrastic form meaning 'to have difficulty doing something.'

Examples

"Ha faticato molto per superare l'esame."

Natural Translation

She struggled a lot to pass the exam.

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