acquistare — Italian conjugation
to buy
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 | acquisto | I buy |
| tu | acquisti | you buy |
| lui/lei | acquista | he/she/it buys |
| noi | acquistiamo | we buy |
| voi | acquistate | you (pl.) buy |
| loro | acquistano | they buy |
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 | acquistai | I bought |
| tu | acquistasti | you bought |
| lui/lei | acquistò | he/she/it bought |
| noi | acquistammo | we bought |
| voi | acquistaste | you (pl.) bought |
| loro | acquistarono | they bought |
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 | acquistavo |
| tu | acquistavi |
| lui/lei | acquistava |
| noi | acquistavamo |
| voi | acquistavate |
| loro | acquistavano |
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 | acquisterei | I would buy |
| tu | acquisteresti | you would buy |
| lui/lei | acquisterebbe | he/she/it would buy |
| noi | acquisteremmo | we would buy |
| voi | acquistereste | you (pl.) would buy |
| loro | acquisterebbero | they would buy |
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 | acquisterò | I will buy |
| tu | acquisterai | you will buy |
| lui/lei | acquisterà | he/she/it will buy |
| noi | acquisteremo | we will buy |
| voi | acquisterete | you (pl.) will buy |
| loro | acquisteranno | they will buy |
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 acquistato | I have bought |
| tu | hai acquistato | you have bought |
| lui/lei | ha acquistato | he/she/it has bought |
| noi | abbiamo acquistato | we have bought |
| voi | avete acquistato | you (pl.) have bought |
| loro | hanno acquistato | they have bought |
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 acquistato | I had bought |
| tu | avevi acquistato | you had bought |
| lui/lei | aveva acquistato | he/she/it had bought |
| noi | avevamo acquistato | we had bought |
| voi | avevate acquistato | you (pl.) had bought |
| loro | avevano acquistato | they had bought |
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 acquistato |
| tu | avresti acquistato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe acquistato |
| noi | avremmo acquistato |
| voi | avreste acquistato |
| loro | avrebbero acquistato |
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 acquistato | I will have bought |
| tu | avrai acquistato | you will have bought |
| lui/lei | avrà acquistato | he/she/it will have bought |
| noi | avremo acquistato | we will have bought |
| voi | avrete acquistato | you (pl.) will have bought |
| loro | avranno acquistato | they will have bought |
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 | acquisti |
| tu | acquisti |
| lui/lei | acquisti |
| noi | acquistiamo |
| voi | acquistiate |
| loro | acquistino |
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 | acquistassi |
| tu | acquistassi |
| lui/lei | acquistasse |
| noi | acquistassimo |
| voi | acquistaste |
| loro | acquistassero |
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 | acquista |
| lui/lei | acquisti |
| noi | acquistiamo |
| voi | acquistate |
| loro | acquistino |
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 acquistare |
| lui/lei | non acquisti |
| noi | non acquistiamo |
| voi | non acquistate |
| loro | non acquistino |