conferire — Italian conjugation
to confer
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 | conferisco | I confer |
| tu | conferisci | you confer |
| lui/lei | conferisce | he/she/it confers |
| noi | conferiamo | we confer |
| voi | conferite | you (pl.) confer |
| loro | conferiscono | they confer |
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 | conferii | I conferred |
| tu | conferisti | you conferred |
| lui/lei | conferì | he/she/it conferred |
| noi | conferimmo | we conferred |
| voi | conferiste | you (pl.) conferred |
| loro | conferirono | they conferred |
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 | conferivo |
| tu | conferivi |
| lui/lei | conferiva |
| noi | conferivamo |
| voi | conferivate |
| loro | conferivano |
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 | conferirei | I would confer |
| tu | conferiresti | you would confer |
| lui/lei | conferirebbe | he/she/it would confer |
| noi | conferiremmo | we would confer |
| voi | conferireste | you (pl.) would confer |
| loro | conferirebbero | they would confer |
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 | conferirò | I will confer |
| tu | conferirai | you will confer |
| lui/lei | conferirà | he/she/it will confer |
| noi | conferiremo | we will confer |
| voi | conferirete | you (pl.) will confer |
| loro | conferiranno | they will confer |
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 conferito | I have conferred |
| tu | hai conferito | you have conferred |
| lui/lei | ha conferito | he/she/it has conferred |
| noi | abbiamo conferito | we have conferred |
| voi | avete conferito | you (pl.) have conferred |
| loro | hanno conferito | they have conferred |
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 conferito | I had conferred |
| tu | avevi conferito | you had conferred |
| lui/lei | aveva conferito | he/she/it had conferred |
| noi | avevamo conferito | we had conferred |
| voi | avevate conferito | you (pl.) had conferred |
| loro | avevano conferito | they had conferred |
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 conferito |
| tu | avresti conferito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe conferito |
| noi | avremmo conferito |
| voi | avreste conferito |
| loro | avrebbero conferito |
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 conferito | I will have conferred |
| tu | avrai conferito | you will have conferred |
| lui/lei | avrà conferito | he/she/it will have conferred |
| noi | avremo conferito | we will have conferred |
| voi | avrete conferito | you (pl.) will have conferred |
| loro | avranno conferito | they will have conferred |
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 | conferisca |
| tu | conferisca |
| lui/lei | conferisca |
| noi | conferiamo |
| voi | conferiate |
| loro | conferiscano |
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 | conferissi |
| tu | conferissi |
| lui/lei | conferisse |
| noi | conferissimo |
| voi | conferiste |
| loro | conferissero |
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 | conferisci |
| lui/lei | conferisca |
| noi | conferiamo |
| voi | conferite |
| loro | conferiscano |
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 conferire |
| lui/lei | non conferisca |
| noi | non conferiamo |
| voi | non conferite |
| loro | non conferiscano |