catturare — Italian conjugation

to capture

Frequency#269Regular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iocatturoI capture
tucatturiyou capture
lui/leicatturahe/she/it captures
noicatturiamowe capture
voicatturateyou (pl.) capture
lorocatturanothey capture

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iocatturaiI captured
tucatturastiyou captured
lui/leicatturòhe/she/it captured
noicatturammowe captured
voicatturasteyou (pl.) captured
lorocatturaronothey captured

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.

PronounItalian
iocatturavo
tucatturavi
lui/leicatturava
noicatturavamo
voicatturavate
lorocatturavano

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
iocatturereiI would capture
tucatturerestiyou would capture
lui/leicatturerebbehe/she/it would capture
noicattureremmowe would capture
voicattureresteyou (pl.) would capture
lorocatturerebberothey would capture

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
iocattureròI will capture
tucattureraiyou will capture
lui/leicattureràhe/she/it will capture
noicattureremowe will capture
voicatturereteyou (pl.) will capture
lorocatturerannothey will capture

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 catturatoI have captured
tuhai catturatoyou have captured
lui/leiha catturatohe/she/it has captured
noiabbiamo catturatowe have captured
voiavete catturatoyou (pl.) have captured
lorohanno catturatothey have captured

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 catturatoI had captured
tuavevi catturatoyou had captured
lui/leiaveva catturatohe/she/it had captured
noiavevamo catturatowe had captured
voiavevate catturatoyou (pl.) had captured
loroavevano catturatothey had captured

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 catturato
tuavresti catturato
lui/leiavrebbe catturato
noiavremmo catturato
voiavreste catturato
loroavrebbero catturato

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 catturatoI will have captured
tuavrai catturatoyou will have captured
lui/leiavrà catturatohe/she/it will have captured
noiavremo catturatowe will have captured
voiavrete catturatoyou (pl.) will have captured
loroavranno catturatothey will have captured

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.

PronounItalian
iocatturi
tucatturi
lui/leicatturi
noicatturiamo
voicatturiate
lorocatturino

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
iocatturassi
tucatturassi
lui/leicatturasse
noicatturassimo
voicatturaste
lorocatturassero

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.

PronounItalian
tucattura
lui/leicatturi
noicatturiamo
voicatturate
lorocatturino

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.

PronounItalian
tunon catturare
lui/leinon catturi
noinon catturiamo
voinon catturate
loronon catturino