collocare — Italian conjugation
to place, to locate
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | colloco | I place |
| tu | collochi | you place |
| lui/lei | colloca | he/she/it places |
| noi | collochiamo | we place |
| voi | collocate | you (pl.) place |
| loro | collocano | they place |
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 | collocai | I placed |
| tu | collocasti | you placed |
| lui/lei | collocò | he/she/it placed |
| noi | collocammo | we placed |
| voi | collocaste | you (pl.) placed |
| loro | collocarono | they placed |
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 | collocavo |
| tu | collocavi |
| lui/lei | collocava |
| noi | collocavamo |
| voi | collocavate |
| loro | collocavano |
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 | collocherei | I would place |
| tu | collocheresti | you would place |
| lui/lei | collocherebbe | he/she/it would place |
| noi | collocheremmo | we would place |
| voi | collochereste | you (pl.) would place |
| loro | collocherebbero | they would place |
Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular
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 | collocherò | I will place |
| tu | collocherai | you will place |
| lui/lei | collocherà | he/she/it will place |
| noi | collocheremo | we will place |
| voi | collocherete | you (pl.) will place |
| loro | collocheranno | they will place |
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 collocato | I have placed |
| tu | hai collocato | you have placed |
| lui/lei | ha collocato | he/she/it has placed |
| noi | abbiamo collocato | we have placed |
| voi | avete collocato | you (pl.) have placed |
| loro | hanno collocato | they have placed |
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 collocato | I had placed |
| tu | avevi collocato | you had placed |
| lui/lei | aveva collocato | he/she/it had placed |
| noi | avevamo collocato | we had placed |
| voi | avevate collocato | you (pl.) had placed |
| loro | avevano collocato | they had placed |
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 collocato |
| tu | avresti collocato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe collocato |
| noi | avremmo collocato |
| voi | avreste collocato |
| loro | avrebbero collocato |
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 collocato | I will have placed |
| tu | avrai collocato | you will have placed |
| lui/lei | avrà collocato | he/she/it will have placed |
| noi | avremo collocato | we will have placed |
| voi | avrete collocato | you (pl.) will have placed |
| loro | avranno collocato | they will have placed |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | collochi |
| tu | collochi |
| lui/lei | collochi |
| noi | collochiamo |
| voi | collochiate |
| loro | collochino |
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 | collocassi |
| tu | collocassi |
| lui/lei | collocasse |
| noi | collocassimo |
| voi | collocaste |
| loro | collocassero |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | colloca |
| lui/lei | collochi |
| noi | collochiamo |
| voi | collocate |
| loro | collochino |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | non collocare |
| lui/lei | non collochi |
| noi | non collochiamo |
| voi | non collocate |
| loro | non collochino |