alleviare — Italian conjugation
to alleviate
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 | allevio | I alleviate |
| tu | allevi | you alleviate |
| lui/lei | allevia | he/she/it alleviates |
| noi | alleviamo | we alleviate |
| voi | alleviate | you (pl.) alleviate |
| loro | alleviano | they alleviate |
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 | alleviai | I alleviated |
| tu | alleviasti | you alleviated |
| lui/lei | alleviò | he/she/it alleviated |
| noi | alleviammo | we alleviated |
| voi | alleviaste | you (pl.) alleviated |
| loro | alleviarono | they alleviated |
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 | alleviavo |
| tu | alleviavi |
| lui/lei | alleviava |
| noi | alleviavamo |
| voi | alleviavate |
| loro | alleviavano |
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 | allevierei | I would alleviate |
| tu | allevieresti | you would alleviate |
| lui/lei | allevierebbe | he/she/it would alleviate |
| noi | allevieremmo | we would alleviate |
| voi | alleviereste | you (pl.) would alleviate |
| loro | allevierebbero | they would alleviate |
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 | allevierò | I will alleviate |
| tu | allevierai | you will alleviate |
| lui/lei | allevierà | he/she/it will alleviate |
| noi | allevieremo | we will alleviate |
| voi | allevierete | you (pl.) will alleviate |
| loro | allevieranno | they will alleviate |
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 alleviato | I have alleviated |
| tu | hai alleviato | you have alleviated |
| lui/lei | ha alleviato | he/she/it has alleviated |
| noi | abbiamo alleviato | we have alleviated |
| voi | avete alleviato | you (pl.) have alleviated |
| loro | hanno alleviato | they have alleviated |
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 alleviato | I had alleviated |
| tu | avevi alleviato | you had alleviated |
| lui/lei | aveva alleviato | he/she/it had alleviated |
| noi | avevamo alleviato | we had alleviated |
| voi | avevate alleviato | you (pl.) had alleviated |
| loro | avevano alleviato | they had alleviated |
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 alleviato |
| tu | avresti alleviato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe alleviato |
| noi | avremmo alleviato |
| voi | avreste alleviato |
| loro | avrebbero alleviato |
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 alleviato | I will have alleviated |
| tu | avrai alleviato | you will have alleviated |
| lui/lei | avrà alleviato | he/she/it will have alleviated |
| noi | avremo alleviato | we will have alleviated |
| voi | avrete alleviato | you (pl.) will have alleviated |
| loro | avranno alleviato | they will have alleviated |
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 | allevi |
| tu | allevi |
| lui/lei | allevi |
| noi | alleviamo |
| voi | alleviate |
| loro | allevino |
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 | alleviassi |
| tu | alleviassi |
| lui/lei | alleviasse |
| noi | alleviassimo |
| voi | alleviaste |
| loro | alleviassero |
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 | allevia |
| lui/lei | allevi |
| noi | alleviamo |
| voi | alleviate |
| loro | allevino |
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 alleviare |
| lui/lei | non allevi |
| noi | non alleviamo |
| voi | non alleviate |
| loro | non allevino |