accelerare — Italian conjugation
to accelerate, to go faster, to speed up
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 | accelero | I accelerate |
| tu | acceleri | you accelerate |
| lui/lei | accelera | he/she/it accelerates |
| noi | acceleriamo | we accelerate |
| voi | accelerate | you (pl.) accelerate |
| loro | accelerano | they accelerate |
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 | accelerai | I accelerated |
| tu | accelerasti | you accelerated |
| lui/lei | accelerò | he/she/it accelerated |
| noi | accelerammo | we accelerated |
| voi | acceleraste | you (pl.) accelerated |
| loro | accelerarono | they accelerated |
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 | acceleravo |
| tu | acceleravi |
| lui/lei | accelerava |
| noi | acceleravamo |
| voi | acceleravate |
| loro | acceleravano |
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 | accelererei | I would accelerate |
| tu | accelereresti | you would accelerate |
| lui/lei | accelererebbe | he/she/it would accelerate |
| noi | accelereremmo | we would accelerate |
| voi | accelerereste | you (pl.) would accelerate |
| loro | accelererebbero | they would accelerate |
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 | accelererò | I will accelerate |
| tu | accelererai | you will accelerate |
| lui/lei | accelererà | he/she/it will accelerate |
| noi | accelereremo | we will accelerate |
| voi | accelererete | you (pl.) will accelerate |
| loro | accelereranno | they will accelerate |
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 accelerato | I have accelerated |
| tu | hai accelerato | you have accelerated |
| lui/lei | ha accelerato | he/she/it has accelerated |
| noi | abbiamo accelerato | we have accelerated |
| voi | avete accelerato | you (pl.) have accelerated |
| loro | hanno accelerato | they have accelerated |
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 accelerato | I had accelerated |
| tu | avevi accelerato | you had accelerated |
| lui/lei | aveva accelerato | he/she/it had accelerated |
| noi | avevamo accelerato | we had accelerated |
| voi | avevate accelerato | you (pl.) had accelerated |
| loro | avevano accelerato | they had accelerated |
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 accelerato |
| tu | avresti accelerato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe accelerato |
| noi | avremmo accelerato |
| voi | avreste accelerato |
| loro | avrebbero accelerato |
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 accelerato | I will have accelerated |
| tu | avrai accelerato | you will have accelerated |
| lui/lei | avrà accelerato | he/she/it will have accelerated |
| noi | avremo accelerato | we will have accelerated |
| voi | avrete accelerato | you (pl.) will have accelerated |
| loro | avranno accelerato | they will have accelerated |
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 | acceleri |
| tu | acceleri |
| lui/lei | acceleri |
| noi | acceleriamo |
| voi | acceleriate |
| loro | accelerino |
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 | accelerassi |
| tu | accelerassi |
| lui/lei | accelerasse |
| noi | accelerassimo |
| voi | acceleraste |
| loro | accelerassero |
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 | accelera |
| lui/lei | acceleri |
| noi | acceleriamo |
| voi | accelerate |
| loro | accelerino |
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 accelerare |
| lui/lei | non acceleri |
| noi | non acceleriamo |
| voi | non accelerate |
| loro | non accelerino |