abbassare — Italian conjugation
to lower
Indicative
Present (Presente) Regular
The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.
Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | abbasso | I lower |
| tu | abbassi | you lower |
| lui/lei | abbassa | he/she/it lowers |
| noi | abbassiamo | we lower |
| voi | abbassate | you (pl.) lower |
| loro | abbassano | they lower |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular
The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.
Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | abbassai | I lowered |
| tu | abbassasti | you lowered |
| lui/lei | abbassò | he/she/it lowered |
| noi | abbassammo | we lowered |
| voi | abbassaste | you (pl.) lowered |
| loro | abbassarono | they lowered |
Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular
The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.
Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | abbassavo |
| tu | abbassavi |
| lui/lei | abbassava |
| noi | abbassavamo |
| voi | abbassavate |
| loro | abbassavano |
Conditional (Condizionale) Regular
The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.
Potresti alzare un poco la voce?
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | abbasserei | I would lower |
| tu | abbasseresti | you would lower |
| lui/lei | abbasserebbe | he/she/it would lower |
| noi | abbasseremmo | we would lower |
| voi | abbassereste | you (pl.) would lower |
| loro | abbasserebbero | they would lower |
Future (Futuro semplice) Regular
The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.
Domani partiremo all'alba.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | abbasserò | I will lower |
| tu | abbasserai | you will lower |
| lui/lei | abbasserà | he/she/it will lower |
| noi | abbasseremo | we will lower |
| voi | abbasserete | you (pl.) will lower |
| loro | abbasseranno | they will lower |
Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular
The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.
Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | ho abbassato | I have lowered |
| tu | hai abbassato | you have lowered |
| lui/lei | ha abbassato | he/she/it has lowered |
| noi | abbiamo abbassato | we have lowered |
| voi | avete abbassato | you (pl.) have lowered |
| loro | hanno abbassato | they have lowered |
Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular
The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.
Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avevo abbassato | I had lowered |
| tu | avevi abbassato | you had lowered |
| lui/lei | aveva abbassato | he/she/it had lowered |
| noi | avevamo abbassato | we had lowered |
| voi | avevate abbassato | you (pl.) had lowered |
| loro | avevano abbassato | they had lowered |
Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular
The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.
Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | avrei abbassato |
| tu | avresti abbassato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe abbassato |
| noi | avremmo abbassato |
| voi | avreste abbassato |
| loro | avrebbero abbassato |
Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular
The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.
Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avrò abbassato | I will have lowered |
| tu | avrai abbassato | you will have lowered |
| lui/lei | avrà abbassato | he/she/it will have lowered |
| noi | avremo abbassato | we will have lowered |
| voi | avrete abbassato | you (pl.) will have lowered |
| loro | avranno abbassato | they will have lowered |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Regular
The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.
Penso che sia la scelta giusta.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | abbassi |
| tu | abbassi |
| lui/lei | abbassi |
| noi | abbassiamo |
| voi | abbassiate |
| loro | abbassino |
Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular
The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.
Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | abbassassi |
| tu | abbassassi |
| lui/lei | abbassasse |
| noi | abbassassimo |
| voi | abbassaste |
| loro | abbassassero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular
The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.
Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | abbassa |
| lui/lei | abbassi |
| noi | abbassiamo |
| voi | abbassate |
| loro | abbassino |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular
Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.
Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | non abbassare |
| lui/lei | non abbassi |
| noi | non abbassiamo |
| voi | non abbassate |
| loro | non abbassino |