adattare — Italian conjugation
to adapt
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 | adatto | I adapt |
| tu | adatti | you adapt |
| lui/lei | adatta | he/she/it adapts |
| noi | adattiamo | we adapt |
| voi | adattate | you (pl.) adapt |
| loro | adattano | they adapt |
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 | adattai | I adapted |
| tu | adattasti | you adapted |
| lui/lei | adattò | he/she/it adapted |
| noi | adattammo | we adapted |
| voi | adattaste | you (pl.) adapted |
| loro | adattarono | they adapted |
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 | adattavo |
| tu | adattavi |
| lui/lei | adattava |
| noi | adattavamo |
| voi | adattavate |
| loro | adattavano |
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 | adatterei | I would adapt |
| tu | adatteresti | you would adapt |
| lui/lei | adatterebbe | he/she/it would adapt |
| noi | adatteremmo | we would adapt |
| voi | adattereste | you (pl.) would adapt |
| loro | adatterebbero | they would adapt |
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 | adatterò | I will adapt |
| tu | adatterai | you will adapt |
| lui/lei | adatterà | he/she/it will adapt |
| noi | adatteremo | we will adapt |
| voi | adatterete | you (pl.) will adapt |
| loro | adatteranno | they will adapt |
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 adattato | I have adapted |
| tu | hai adattato | you have adapted |
| lui/lei | ha adattato | he/she/it has adapted |
| noi | abbiamo adattato | we have adapted |
| voi | avete adattato | you (pl.) have adapted |
| loro | hanno adattato | they have adapted |
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 adattato | I had adapted |
| tu | avevi adattato | you had adapted |
| lui/lei | aveva adattato | he/she/it had adapted |
| noi | avevamo adattato | we had adapted |
| voi | avevate adattato | you (pl.) had adapted |
| loro | avevano adattato | they had adapted |
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 adattato |
| tu | avresti adattato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe adattato |
| noi | avremmo adattato |
| voi | avreste adattato |
| loro | avrebbero adattato |
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 adattato | I will have adapted |
| tu | avrai adattato | you will have adapted |
| lui/lei | avrà adattato | he/she/it will have adapted |
| noi | avremo adattato | we will have adapted |
| voi | avrete adattato | you (pl.) will have adapted |
| loro | avranno adattato | they will have adapted |
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 | adatti |
| tu | adatti |
| lui/lei | adatti |
| noi | adattiamo |
| voi | adattiate |
| loro | adattino |
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 | adattassi |
| tu | adattassi |
| lui/lei | adattasse |
| noi | adattassimo |
| voi | adattaste |
| loro | adattassero |
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 | adatta |
| lui/lei | adatti |
| noi | adattiamo |
| voi | adattate |
| loro | adattino |
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 adattare |
| lui/lei | non adatti |
| noi | non adattiamo |
| voi | non adattate |
| loro | non adattino |