abbellire — Italian conjugation
to beautify
Indicative
Present (Presente) Irregular
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 | abbellisco | I beautify |
| tu | abbellisci | you beautify |
| lui/lei | abbellisce | he/she/it beautifies |
| noi | abbelliamo | we beautify |
| voi | abbellite | you (pl.) beautify |
| loro | abbelliscono | they beautify |
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 | abbellii | I beautified |
| tu | abbellisti | you beautified |
| lui/lei | abbellì | he/she/it beautified |
| noi | abbellimmo | we beautified |
| voi | abbelliste | you (pl.) beautified |
| loro | abbellirono | they beautified |
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 | abbellivo |
| tu | abbellivi |
| lui/lei | abbelliva |
| noi | abbellivamo |
| voi | abbellivate |
| loro | abbellivano |
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 | abbellirei | I would beautify |
| tu | abbelliresti | you would beautify |
| lui/lei | abbellirebbe | he/she/it would beautify |
| noi | abbelliremmo | we would beautify |
| voi | abbellireste | you (pl.) would beautify |
| loro | abbellirebbero | they would beautify |
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 | abbellirò | I will beautify |
| tu | abbellirai | you will beautify |
| lui/lei | abbellirà | he/she/it will beautify |
| noi | abbelliremo | we will beautify |
| voi | abbellirete | you (pl.) will beautify |
| loro | abbelliranno | they will beautify |
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 abbellito | I have beautified |
| tu | hai abbellito | you have beautified |
| lui/lei | ha abbellito | he/she/it has beautified |
| noi | abbiamo abbellito | we have beautified |
| voi | avete abbellito | you (pl.) have beautified |
| loro | hanno abbellito | they have beautified |
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 abbellito | I had beautified |
| tu | avevi abbellito | you had beautified |
| lui/lei | aveva abbellito | he/she/it had beautified |
| noi | avevamo abbellito | we had beautified |
| voi | avevate abbellito | you (pl.) had beautified |
| loro | avevano abbellito | they had beautified |
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 abbellito |
| tu | avresti abbellito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe abbellito |
| noi | avremmo abbellito |
| voi | avreste abbellito |
| loro | avrebbero abbellito |
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 abbellito | I will have beautified |
| tu | avrai abbellito | you will have beautified |
| lui/lei | avrà abbellito | he/she/it will have beautified |
| noi | avremo abbellito | we will have beautified |
| voi | avrete abbellito | you (pl.) will have beautified |
| loro | avranno abbellito | they will have beautified |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular
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 | abbellisca |
| tu | abbellisca |
| lui/lei | abbellisca |
| noi | abbelliamo |
| voi | abbelliate |
| loro | abbelliscano |
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 | abbellissi |
| tu | abbellissi |
| lui/lei | abbellisse |
| noi | abbellissimo |
| voi | abbelliste |
| loro | abbellissero |
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 | abbellisci |
| lui/lei | abbellisca |
| noi | abbelliamo |
| voi | abbellite |
| loro | abbelliscano |
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 abbellire |
| lui/lei | non abbellisca |
| noi | non abbelliamo |
| voi | non abbellite |
| loro | non abbelliscano |