confiscare — Italian conjugation

to confiscate

Frequency#1192Regular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioconfiscoI confiscate
tuconfischiyou confiscate
lui/leiconfiscahe/she/it confiscates
noiconfischiamowe confiscate
voiconfiscateyou (pl.) confiscate
loroconfiscanothey confiscate

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioconfiscaiI confiscated
tuconfiscastiyou confiscated
lui/leiconfiscòhe/she/it confiscated
noiconfiscammowe confiscated
voiconfiscasteyou (pl.) confiscated
loroconfiscaronothey confiscated

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.

PronounItalian
ioconfiscavo
tuconfiscavi
lui/leiconfiscava
noiconfiscavamo
voiconfiscavate
loroconfiscavano

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?

PronounItalianEnglish
ioconfischereiI would confiscate
tuconfischerestiyou would confiscate
lui/leiconfischerebbehe/she/it would confiscate
noiconfischeremmowe would confiscate
voiconfischeresteyou (pl.) would confiscate
loroconfischerebberothey would confiscate

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioconfischeròI will confiscate
tuconfischeraiyou will confiscate
lui/leiconfischeràhe/she/it will confiscate
noiconfischeremowe will confiscate
voiconfischereteyou (pl.) will confiscate
loroconfischerannothey will confiscate

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho confiscatoI have confiscated
tuhai confiscatoyou have confiscated
lui/leiha confiscatohe/she/it has confiscated
noiabbiamo confiscatowe have confiscated
voiavete confiscatoyou (pl.) have confiscated
lorohanno confiscatothey have confiscated

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo confiscatoI had confiscated
tuavevi confiscatoyou had confiscated
lui/leiaveva confiscatohe/she/it had confiscated
noiavevamo confiscatowe had confiscated
voiavevate confiscatoyou (pl.) had confiscated
loroavevano confiscatothey had confiscated

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.

PronounItalian
ioavrei confiscato
tuavresti confiscato
lui/leiavrebbe confiscato
noiavremmo confiscato
voiavreste confiscato
loroavrebbero confiscato

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò confiscatoI will have confiscated
tuavrai confiscatoyou will have confiscated
lui/leiavrà confiscatohe/she/it will have confiscated
noiavremo confiscatowe will have confiscated
voiavrete confiscatoyou (pl.) will have confiscated
loroavranno confiscatothey will have confiscated

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.

PronounItalian
ioconfischi
tuconfischi
lui/leiconfischi
noiconfischiamo
voiconfischiate
loroconfischino

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.

PronounItalian
ioconfiscassi
tuconfiscassi
lui/leiconfiscasse
noiconfiscassimo
voiconfiscaste
loroconfiscassero

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.

PronounItalian
tuconfisca
lui/leiconfischi
noiconfischiamo
voiconfiscate
loroconfischino

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.

PronounItalian
tunon confiscare
lui/leinon confischi
noinon confischiamo
voinon confiscate
loronon confischino