celebrare — Italian conjugation
to celebrate
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 | celebro | I celebrate |
| tu | celebri | you celebrate |
| lui/lei | celebra | he/she/it celebrates |
| noi | celebriamo | we celebrate |
| voi | celebrate | you (pl.) celebrate |
| loro | celebrano | they celebrate |
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 | celebrai | I celebrated |
| tu | celebrasti | you celebrated |
| lui/lei | celebrò | he/she/it celebrated |
| noi | celebrammo | we celebrated |
| voi | celebraste | you (pl.) celebrated |
| loro | celebrarono | they celebrated |
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 | celebravo |
| tu | celebravi |
| lui/lei | celebrava |
| noi | celebravamo |
| voi | celebravate |
| loro | celebravano |
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 | celebrerei | I would celebrate |
| tu | celebreresti | you would celebrate |
| lui/lei | celebrerebbe | he/she/it would celebrate |
| noi | celebreremmo | we would celebrate |
| voi | celebrereste | you (pl.) would celebrate |
| loro | celebrerebbero | they would celebrate |
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 | celebrerò | I will celebrate |
| tu | celebrerai | you will celebrate |
| lui/lei | celebrerà | he/she/it will celebrate |
| noi | celebreremo | we will celebrate |
| voi | celebrerete | you (pl.) will celebrate |
| loro | celebreranno | they will celebrate |
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 celebrato | I have celebrated |
| tu | hai celebrato | you have celebrated |
| lui/lei | ha celebrato | he/she/it has celebrated |
| noi | abbiamo celebrato | we have celebrated |
| voi | avete celebrato | you (pl.) have celebrated |
| loro | hanno celebrato | they have celebrated |
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 celebrato | I had celebrated |
| tu | avevi celebrato | you had celebrated |
| lui/lei | aveva celebrato | he/she/it had celebrated |
| noi | avevamo celebrato | we had celebrated |
| voi | avevate celebrato | you (pl.) had celebrated |
| loro | avevano celebrato | they had celebrated |
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 celebrato |
| tu | avresti celebrato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe celebrato |
| noi | avremmo celebrato |
| voi | avreste celebrato |
| loro | avrebbero celebrato |
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 celebrato | I will have celebrated |
| tu | avrai celebrato | you will have celebrated |
| lui/lei | avrà celebrato | he/she/it will have celebrated |
| noi | avremo celebrato | we will have celebrated |
| voi | avrete celebrato | you (pl.) will have celebrated |
| loro | avranno celebrato | they will have celebrated |
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 | celebri |
| tu | celebri |
| lui/lei | celebri |
| noi | celebriamo |
| voi | celebriate |
| loro | celebrino |
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 | celebrassi |
| tu | celebrassi |
| lui/lei | celebrasse |
| noi | celebrassimo |
| voi | celebraste |
| loro | celebrassero |
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 | celebra |
| lui/lei | celebri |
| noi | celebriamo |
| voi | celebrate |
| loro | celebrino |
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 celebrare |
| lui/lei | non celebri |
| noi | non celebriamo |
| voi | non celebrate |
| loro | non celebrino |