abrogare — Italian conjugation

to repeal

Frequency#412Irregular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioabrogoI repeal
tuabroghiyou repeal
lui/leiabrogahe/she/it repeals
noiabroghiamowe repeal
voiabrogateyou (pl.) repeal
loroabroganothey repeal

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioabrogaiI repealed
tuabrogastiyou repealed
lui/leiabrogòhe/she/it repealed
noiabrogammowe repealed
voiabrogasteyou (pl.) repealed
loroabrogaronothey repealed

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.

PronounItalian
ioabrogavo
tuabrogavi
lui/leiabrogava
noiabrogavamo
voiabrogavate
loroabrogavano

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?

PronounItalianEnglish
ioabroghereiI would repeal
tuabrogherestiyou would repeal
lui/leiabrogherebbehe/she/it would repeal
noiabrogheremmowe would repeal
voiabrogheresteyou (pl.) would repeal
loroabrogherebberothey would repeal

Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioabrogheròI will repeal
tuabrogheraiyou will repeal
lui/leiabrogheràhe/she/it will repeal
noiabrogheremowe will repeal
voiabroghereteyou (pl.) will repeal
loroabrogherannothey will repeal

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho abrogatoI have repealed
tuhai abrogatoyou have repealed
lui/leiha abrogatohe/she/it has repealed
noiabbiamo abrogatowe have repealed
voiavete abrogatoyou (pl.) have repealed
lorohanno abrogatothey have repealed

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo abrogatoI had repealed
tuavevi abrogatoyou had repealed
lui/leiaveva abrogatohe/she/it had repealed
noiavevamo abrogatowe had repealed
voiavevate abrogatoyou (pl.) had repealed
loroavevano abrogatothey had repealed

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.

PronounItalian
ioavrei abrogato
tuavresti abrogato
lui/leiavrebbe abrogato
noiavremmo abrogato
voiavreste abrogato
loroavrebbero abrogato

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò abrogatoI will have repealed
tuavrai abrogatoyou will have repealed
lui/leiavrà abrogatohe/she/it will have repealed
noiavremo abrogatowe will have repealed
voiavrete abrogatoyou (pl.) will have repealed
loroavranno abrogatothey will have repealed

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.

PronounItalian
ioabroghi
tuabroghi
lui/leiabroghi
noiabroghiamo
voiabroghiate
loroabroghino

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.

PronounItalian
ioabrogassi
tuabrogassi
lui/leiabrogasse
noiabrogassimo
voiabrogaste
loroabrogassero

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.

PronounItalian
tuabroga
lui/leiabroghi
noiabroghiamo
voiabrogate
loroabroghino

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.

PronounItalian
tunon abrogare
lui/leinon abroghi
noinon abroghiamo
voinon abrogate
loronon abroghino