assaporare — Italian conjugation
to savour
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 | assaporo | I savour |
| tu | assapori | you savour |
| lui/lei | assapora | he/she/it savours |
| noi | assaporiamo | we savour |
| voi | assaporate | you (pl.) savour |
| loro | assaporano | they savour |
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 | assaporai | I savoured |
| tu | assaporasti | you savoured |
| lui/lei | assaporò | he/she/it savoured |
| noi | assaporammo | we savoured |
| voi | assaporaste | you (pl.) savoured |
| loro | assaporarono | they savoured |
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 | assaporavo |
| tu | assaporavi |
| lui/lei | assaporava |
| noi | assaporavamo |
| voi | assaporavate |
| loro | assaporavano |
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 | assaporerei | I would savour |
| tu | assaporeresti | you would savour |
| lui/lei | assaporerebbe | he/she/it would savour |
| noi | assaporeremmo | we would savour |
| voi | assaporereste | you (pl.) would savour |
| loro | assaporerebbero | they would savour |
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 | assaporerò | I will savour |
| tu | assaporerai | you will savour |
| lui/lei | assaporerà | he/she/it will savour |
| noi | assaporeremo | we will savour |
| voi | assaporerete | you (pl.) will savour |
| loro | assaporeranno | they will savour |
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 assaporato | I have savoured |
| tu | hai assaporato | you have savoured |
| lui/lei | ha assaporato | he/she/it has savoured |
| noi | abbiamo assaporato | we have savoured |
| voi | avete assaporato | you (pl.) have savoured |
| loro | hanno assaporato | they have savoured |
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 assaporato | I had savoured |
| tu | avevi assaporato | you had savoured |
| lui/lei | aveva assaporato | he/she/it had savoured |
| noi | avevamo assaporato | we had savoured |
| voi | avevate assaporato | you (pl.) had savoured |
| loro | avevano assaporato | they had savoured |
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 assaporato |
| tu | avresti assaporato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe assaporato |
| noi | avremmo assaporato |
| voi | avreste assaporato |
| loro | avrebbero assaporato |
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 assaporato | I will have savoured |
| tu | avrai assaporato | you will have savoured |
| lui/lei | avrà assaporato | he/she/it will have savoured |
| noi | avremo assaporato | we will have savoured |
| voi | avrete assaporato | you (pl.) will have savoured |
| loro | avranno assaporato | they will have savoured |
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 | assapori |
| tu | assapori |
| lui/lei | assapori |
| noi | assaporiamo |
| voi | assaporiate |
| loro | assaporino |
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 | assaporassi |
| tu | assaporassi |
| lui/lei | assaporasse |
| noi | assaporassimo |
| voi | assaporaste |
| loro | assaporassero |
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 | assapora |
| lui/lei | assapori |
| noi | assaporiamo |
| voi | assaporate |
| loro | assaporino |
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 assaporare |
| lui/lei | non assapori |
| noi | non assaporiamo |
| voi | non assaporate |
| loro | non assaporino |