caricare — Italian conjugation
to load
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 | carico | I load |
| tu | carichi | you load |
| lui/lei | carica | he/she/it loads |
| noi | carichiamo | we load |
| voi | caricate | you (pl.) load |
| loro | caricano | they load |
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 | caricai | I loaded |
| tu | caricasti | you loaded |
| lui/lei | caricò | he/she/it loaded |
| noi | caricammo | we loaded |
| voi | caricaste | you (pl.) loaded |
| loro | caricarono | they loaded |
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 | caricavo |
| tu | caricavi |
| lui/lei | caricava |
| noi | caricavamo |
| voi | caricavate |
| loro | caricavano |
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 | caricherei | I would load |
| tu | caricheresti | you would load |
| lui/lei | caricherebbe | he/she/it would load |
| noi | caricheremmo | we would load |
| voi | carichereste | you (pl.) would load |
| loro | caricherebbero | they would load |
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 | caricherò | I will load |
| tu | caricherai | you will load |
| lui/lei | caricherà | he/she/it will load |
| noi | caricheremo | we will load |
| voi | caricherete | you (pl.) will load |
| loro | caricheranno | they will load |
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 caricato | I have loaded |
| tu | hai caricato | you have loaded |
| lui/lei | ha caricato | he/she/it has loaded |
| noi | abbiamo caricato | we have loaded |
| voi | avete caricato | you (pl.) have loaded |
| loro | hanno caricato | they have loaded |
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 caricato | I had loaded |
| tu | avevi caricato | you had loaded |
| lui/lei | aveva caricato | he/she/it had loaded |
| noi | avevamo caricato | we had loaded |
| voi | avevate caricato | you (pl.) had loaded |
| loro | avevano caricato | they had loaded |
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 caricato |
| tu | avresti caricato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe caricato |
| noi | avremmo caricato |
| voi | avreste caricato |
| loro | avrebbero caricato |
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 caricato | I will have loaded |
| tu | avrai caricato | you will have loaded |
| lui/lei | avrà caricato | he/she/it will have loaded |
| noi | avremo caricato | we will have loaded |
| voi | avrete caricato | you (pl.) will have loaded |
| loro | avranno caricato | they will have loaded |
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 | carichi |
| tu | carichi |
| lui/lei | carichi |
| noi | carichiamo |
| voi | carichiate |
| loro | carichino |
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 | caricassi |
| tu | caricassi |
| lui/lei | caricasse |
| noi | caricassimo |
| voi | caricaste |
| loro | caricassero |
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 | carica |
| lui/lei | carichi |
| noi | carichiamo |
| voi | caricate |
| loro | carichino |
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 caricare |
| lui/lei | non carichi |
| noi | non carichiamo |
| voi | non caricate |
| loro | non carichino |