avanzare — Italian conjugation
to advance
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 | avanzo | I advance |
| tu | avanzi | you advance |
| lui/lei | avanza | he/she/it advances |
| noi | avanziamo | we advance |
| voi | avanzate | you (pl.) advance |
| loro | avanzano | they advance |
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 | avanzai | I advanced |
| tu | avanzasti | you advanced |
| lui/lei | avanzò | he/she/it advanced |
| noi | avanzammo | we advanced |
| voi | avanzaste | you (pl.) advanced |
| loro | avanzarono | they advanced |
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 | avanzavo |
| tu | avanzavi |
| lui/lei | avanzava |
| noi | avanzavamo |
| voi | avanzavate |
| loro | avanzavano |
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 | avanzerei | I would advance |
| tu | avanzeresti | you would advance |
| lui/lei | avanzerebbe | he/she/it would advance |
| noi | avanzeremmo | we would advance |
| voi | avanzereste | you (pl.) would advance |
| loro | avanzerebbero | they would advance |
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 | avanzerò | I will advance |
| tu | avanzerai | you will advance |
| lui/lei | avanzerà | he/she/it will advance |
| noi | avanzeremo | we will advance |
| voi | avanzerete | you (pl.) will advance |
| loro | avanzeranno | they will advance |
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 | sono avanzato/a | I have advanced |
| tu | sei avanzato/a | you have advanced |
| lui/lei | è avanzato/a | he/she/it has advanced |
| noi | siamo avanzati/e | we have advanced |
| voi | siete avanzati/e | you (pl.) have advanced |
| loro | sono avanzati/e | they have advanced |
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 | ero avanzato/a | I had advanced |
| tu | eri avanzato/a | you had advanced |
| lui/lei | era avanzato/a | he/she/it had advanced |
| noi | eravamo avanzati/e | we had advanced |
| voi | eravate avanzati/e | you (pl.) had advanced |
| loro | erano avanzati/e | they had advanced |
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 | sarei avanzato/a |
| tu | saresti avanzato/a |
| lui/lei | sarebbe avanzato/a |
| noi | saremmo avanzati/e |
| voi | sareste avanzati/e |
| loro | sarebbero avanzati/e |
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 | sarò avanzato/a | I will have advanced |
| tu | sarai avanzato/a | you will have advanced |
| lui/lei | sarà avanzato/a | he/she/it will have advanced |
| noi | saremo avanzati/e | we will have advanced |
| voi | sarete avanzati/e | you (pl.) will have advanced |
| loro | saranno avanzati/e | they will have advanced |
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 | avanzi |
| tu | avanzi |
| lui/lei | avanzi |
| noi | avanziamo |
| voi | avanziate |
| loro | avanzino |
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 | avanzassi |
| tu | avanzassi |
| lui/lei | avanzasse |
| noi | avanzassimo |
| voi | avanzaste |
| loro | avanzassero |
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 | avanza |
| lui/lei | avanzi |
| noi | avanziamo |
| voi | avanzate |
| loro | avanzino |
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 avanzare |
| lui/lei | non avanzi |
| noi | non avanziamo |
| voi | non avanzate |
| loro | non avanzino |