arredare — Italian conjugation
to furnish, to decorate, to fit, to fit out
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 | arredo | I furnish |
| tu | arredi | you furnish |
| lui/lei | arreda | he/she/it furnishes |
| noi | arrediamo | we furnish |
| voi | arredate | you (pl.) furnish |
| loro | arredano | they furnish |
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 | arredai | I furnished |
| tu | arredasti | you furnished |
| lui/lei | arredò | he/she/it furnished |
| noi | arredammo | we furnished |
| voi | arredaste | you (pl.) furnished |
| loro | arredarono | they furnished |
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 | arredavo |
| tu | arredavi |
| lui/lei | arredava |
| noi | arredavamo |
| voi | arredavate |
| loro | arredavano |
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 | arrederei | I would furnish |
| tu | arrederesti | you would furnish |
| lui/lei | arrederebbe | he/she/it would furnish |
| noi | arrederemmo | we would furnish |
| voi | arredereste | you (pl.) would furnish |
| loro | arrederebbero | they would furnish |
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 | arrederò | I will furnish |
| tu | arrederai | you will furnish |
| lui/lei | arrederà | he/she/it will furnish |
| noi | arrederemo | we will furnish |
| voi | arrederete | you (pl.) will furnish |
| loro | arrederanno | they will furnish |
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 arredato | I have furnished |
| tu | hai arredato | you have furnished |
| lui/lei | ha arredato | he/she/it has furnished |
| noi | abbiamo arredato | we have furnished |
| voi | avete arredato | you (pl.) have furnished |
| loro | hanno arredato | they have furnished |
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 arredato | I had furnished |
| tu | avevi arredato | you had furnished |
| lui/lei | aveva arredato | he/she/it had furnished |
| noi | avevamo arredato | we had furnished |
| voi | avevate arredato | you (pl.) had furnished |
| loro | avevano arredato | they had furnished |
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 arredato |
| tu | avresti arredato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe arredato |
| noi | avremmo arredato |
| voi | avreste arredato |
| loro | avrebbero arredato |
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 arredato | I will have furnished |
| tu | avrai arredato | you will have furnished |
| lui/lei | avrà arredato | he/she/it will have furnished |
| noi | avremo arredato | we will have furnished |
| voi | avrete arredato | you (pl.) will have furnished |
| loro | avranno arredato | they will have furnished |
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 | arredi |
| tu | arredi |
| lui/lei | arredi |
| noi | arrediamo |
| voi | arrediate |
| loro | arredino |
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 | arredassi |
| tu | arredassi |
| lui/lei | arredasse |
| noi | arredassimo |
| voi | arredaste |
| loro | arredassero |
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 | arreda |
| lui/lei | arredi |
| noi | arrediamo |
| voi | arredate |
| loro | arredino |
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 arredare |
| lui/lei | non arredi |
| noi | non arrediamo |
| voi | non arredate |
| loro | non arredino |