blaterare — Italian conjugation
to babble
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 | blatero | I babble |
| tu | blateri | you babble |
| lui/lei | blatera | he/she/it babbles |
| noi | blateriamo | we babble |
| voi | blaterate | you (pl.) babble |
| loro | blaterano | they babble |
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 | blaterai | I babbled |
| tu | blaterasti | you babbled |
| lui/lei | blaterò | he/she/it babbled |
| noi | blaterammo | we babbled |
| voi | blateraste | you (pl.) babbled |
| loro | blaterarono | they babbled |
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 | blateravo |
| tu | blateravi |
| lui/lei | blaterava |
| noi | blateravamo |
| voi | blateravate |
| loro | blateravano |
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 | blatererei | I would babble |
| tu | blatereresti | you would babble |
| lui/lei | blatererebbe | he/she/it would babble |
| noi | blatereremmo | we would babble |
| voi | blaterereste | you (pl.) would babble |
| loro | blatererebbero | they would babble |
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 | blatererò | I will babble |
| tu | blatererai | you will babble |
| lui/lei | blatererà | he/she/it will babble |
| noi | blatereremo | we will babble |
| voi | blatererete | you (pl.) will babble |
| loro | blatereranno | they will babble |
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 blaterato | I have babbled |
| tu | hai blaterato | you have babbled |
| lui/lei | ha blaterato | he/she/it has babbled |
| noi | abbiamo blaterato | we have babbled |
| voi | avete blaterato | you (pl.) have babbled |
| loro | hanno blaterato | they have babbled |
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 blaterato | I had babbled |
| tu | avevi blaterato | you had babbled |
| lui/lei | aveva blaterato | he/she/it had babbled |
| noi | avevamo blaterato | we had babbled |
| voi | avevate blaterato | you (pl.) had babbled |
| loro | avevano blaterato | they had babbled |
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 blaterato |
| tu | avresti blaterato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe blaterato |
| noi | avremmo blaterato |
| voi | avreste blaterato |
| loro | avrebbero blaterato |
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 blaterato | I will have babbled |
| tu | avrai blaterato | you will have babbled |
| lui/lei | avrà blaterato | he/she/it will have babbled |
| noi | avremo blaterato | we will have babbled |
| voi | avrete blaterato | you (pl.) will have babbled |
| loro | avranno blaterato | they will have babbled |
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 | blateri |
| tu | blateri |
| lui/lei | blateri |
| noi | blateriamo |
| voi | blateriate |
| loro | blaterino |
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 | blaterassi |
| tu | blaterassi |
| lui/lei | blaterasse |
| noi | blaterassimo |
| voi | blateraste |
| loro | blaterassero |
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 | blatera |
| lui/lei | blateri |
| noi | blateriamo |
| voi | blaterate |
| loro | blaterino |
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 blaterare |
| lui/lei | non blateri |
| noi | non blateriamo |
| voi | non blaterate |
| loro | non blaterino |