benedire — Italian conjugation

to bless

Frequency#918Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iobenedicoI bless
tubenediciyou bless
lui/leibenedicehe/she/it blesses
noibenediciamowe bless
voibenediteyou (pl.) bless
lorobenediconothey bless

Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iobenedissiI blessed
tubenedicestiyou blessed
lui/leibenedissehe/she/it blessed
noibenedicemmowe blessed
voibenedicesteyou (pl.) blessed
lorobenedisserothey blessed

Imperfect (Imperfetto) Irregular

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.

PronounItalian
iobenedicevo
tubenedicevi
lui/leibenediceva
noibenedicevamo
voibenedicevate
lorobenedicevano

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?

PronounItalianEnglish
iobenedireiI would bless
tubenedirestiyou would bless
lui/leibenedirebbehe/she/it would bless
noibenediremmowe would bless
voibenediresteyou (pl.) would bless
lorobenedirebberothey would bless

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iobenediròI will bless
tubenediraiyou will bless
lui/leibenediràhe/she/it will bless
noibenediremowe will bless
voibenedireteyou (pl.) will bless
lorobenedirannothey will bless

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho benedettoI have blessed
tuhai benedettoyou have blessed
lui/leiha benedettohe/she/it has blessed
noiabbiamo benedettowe have blessed
voiavete benedettoyou (pl.) have blessed
lorohanno benedettothey have blessed

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo benedettoI had blessed
tuavevi benedettoyou had blessed
lui/leiaveva benedettohe/she/it had blessed
noiavevamo benedettowe had blessed
voiavevate benedettoyou (pl.) had blessed
loroavevano benedettothey had blessed

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.

PronounItalian
ioavrei benedetto
tuavresti benedetto
lui/leiavrebbe benedetto
noiavremmo benedetto
voiavreste benedetto
loroavrebbero benedetto

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò benedettoI will have blessed
tuavrai benedettoyou will have blessed
lui/leiavrà benedettohe/she/it will have blessed
noiavremo benedettowe will have blessed
voiavrete benedettoyou (pl.) will have blessed
loroavranno benedettothey will have blessed

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular

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.

PronounItalian
iobenedica
tubenedica
lui/leibenedica
noibenediciamo
voibenediciate
lorobenedicano

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.

PronounItalian
iobenedicessi
tubenedicessi
lui/leibenedicesse
noibenedicessimo
voibenediceste
lorobenedicessero

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Irregular

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.

PronounItalian
tubenedici
lui/leibenedica
noibenediciamo
voibenedite
lorobenedicano

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Irregular

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.

PronounItalian
tunon benedire
lui/leinon benedica
noinon benediciamo
voinon benedite
loronon benedicano