comportare — Italian conjugation
to bear, to tolerate
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 | comporto | I bear |
| tu | comporti | you bear |
| lui/lei | comporta | he/she/it bears |
| noi | comportiamo | we bear |
| voi | comportate | you (pl.) bear |
| loro | comportano | they bear |
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 | comportai | I bore |
| tu | comportasti | you bore |
| lui/lei | comportò | he/she/it bore |
| noi | comportammo | we bore |
| voi | comportaste | you (pl.) bore |
| loro | comportarono | they bore |
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 | comportavo |
| tu | comportavi |
| lui/lei | comportava |
| noi | comportavamo |
| voi | comportavate |
| loro | comportavano |
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 | comporterei | I would bear |
| tu | comporteresti | you would bear |
| lui/lei | comporterebbe | he/she/it would bear |
| noi | comporteremmo | we would bear |
| voi | comportereste | you (pl.) would bear |
| loro | comporterebbero | they would bear |
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 | comporterò | I will bear |
| tu | comporterai | you will bear |
| lui/lei | comporterà | he/she/it will bear |
| noi | comporteremo | we will bear |
| voi | comporterete | you (pl.) will bear |
| loro | comporteranno | they will bear |
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 comportato | I have borne |
| tu | hai comportato | you have borne |
| lui/lei | ha comportato | he/she/it has borne |
| noi | abbiamo comportato | we have borne |
| voi | avete comportato | you (pl.) have borne |
| loro | hanno comportato | they have borne |
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 comportato | I had borne |
| tu | avevi comportato | you had borne |
| lui/lei | aveva comportato | he/she/it had borne |
| noi | avevamo comportato | we had borne |
| voi | avevate comportato | you (pl.) had borne |
| loro | avevano comportato | they had borne |
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 comportato |
| tu | avresti comportato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe comportato |
| noi | avremmo comportato |
| voi | avreste comportato |
| loro | avrebbero comportato |
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 comportato | I will have borne |
| tu | avrai comportato | you will have borne |
| lui/lei | avrà comportato | he/she/it will have borne |
| noi | avremo comportato | we will have borne |
| voi | avrete comportato | you (pl.) will have borne |
| loro | avranno comportato | they will have borne |
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 | comporti |
| tu | comporti |
| lui/lei | comporti |
| noi | comportiamo |
| voi | comportiate |
| loro | comportino |
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 | comportassi |
| tu | comportassi |
| lui/lei | comportasse |
| noi | comportassimo |
| voi | comportaste |
| loro | comportassero |
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 | comporta |
| lui/lei | comporti |
| noi | comportiamo |
| voi | comportate |
| loro | comportino |
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 comportare |
| lui/lei | non comporti |
| noi | non comportiamo |
| voi | non comportate |
| loro | non comportino |