completare — Italian conjugation
to complete
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 | completo | I complete |
| tu | completi | you complete |
| lui/lei | completa | he/she/it completes |
| noi | completiamo | we complete |
| voi | completate | you (pl.) complete |
| loro | completano | they complete |
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 | completai | I completed |
| tu | completasti | you completed |
| lui/lei | completò | he/she/it completed |
| noi | completammo | we completed |
| voi | completaste | you (pl.) completed |
| loro | completarono | they completed |
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 | completavo |
| tu | completavi |
| lui/lei | completava |
| noi | completavamo |
| voi | completavate |
| loro | completavano |
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 | completerei | I would complete |
| tu | completeresti | you would complete |
| lui/lei | completerebbe | he/she/it would complete |
| noi | completeremmo | we would complete |
| voi | completereste | you (pl.) would complete |
| loro | completerebbero | they would complete |
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 | completerò | I will complete |
| tu | completerai | you will complete |
| lui/lei | completerà | he/she/it will complete |
| noi | completeremo | we will complete |
| voi | completerete | you (pl.) will complete |
| loro | completeranno | they will complete |
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 completato | I have completed |
| tu | hai completato | you have completed |
| lui/lei | ha completato | he/she/it has completed |
| noi | abbiamo completato | we have completed |
| voi | avete completato | you (pl.) have completed |
| loro | hanno completato | they have completed |
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 completato | I had completed |
| tu | avevi completato | you had completed |
| lui/lei | aveva completato | he/she/it had completed |
| noi | avevamo completato | we had completed |
| voi | avevate completato | you (pl.) had completed |
| loro | avevano completato | they had completed |
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 completato |
| tu | avresti completato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe completato |
| noi | avremmo completato |
| voi | avreste completato |
| loro | avrebbero completato |
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 completato | I will have completed |
| tu | avrai completato | you will have completed |
| lui/lei | avrà completato | he/she/it will have completed |
| noi | avremo completato | we will have completed |
| voi | avrete completato | you (pl.) will have completed |
| loro | avranno completato | they will have completed |
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 | completi |
| tu | completi |
| lui/lei | completi |
| noi | completiamo |
| voi | completiate |
| loro | completino |
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 | completassi |
| tu | completassi |
| lui/lei | completasse |
| noi | completassimo |
| voi | completaste |
| loro | completassero |
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 | completa |
| lui/lei | completi |
| noi | completiamo |
| voi | completate |
| loro | completino |
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 completare |
| lui/lei | non completi |
| noi | non completiamo |
| voi | non completate |
| loro | non completino |