confrontare — Italian conjugation
to confront
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 | confronto | I confront |
| tu | confronti | you confront |
| lui/lei | confronta | he/she/it confronts |
| noi | confrontiamo | we confront |
| voi | confrontate | you (pl.) confront |
| loro | confrontano | they confront |
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 | confrontai | I confronted |
| tu | confrontasti | you confronted |
| lui/lei | confrontò | he/she/it confronted |
| noi | confrontammo | we confronted |
| voi | confrontaste | you (pl.) confronted |
| loro | confrontarono | they confronted |
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 | confrontavo |
| tu | confrontavi |
| lui/lei | confrontava |
| noi | confrontavamo |
| voi | confrontavate |
| loro | confrontavano |
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 | confronterei | I would confront |
| tu | confronteresti | you would confront |
| lui/lei | confronterebbe | he/she/it would confront |
| noi | confronteremmo | we would confront |
| voi | confrontereste | you (pl.) would confront |
| loro | confronterebbero | they would confront |
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 | confronterò | I will confront |
| tu | confronterai | you will confront |
| lui/lei | confronterà | he/she/it will confront |
| noi | confronteremo | we will confront |
| voi | confronterete | you (pl.) will confront |
| loro | confronteranno | they will confront |
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 confrontato | I have confronted |
| tu | hai confrontato | you have confronted |
| lui/lei | ha confrontato | he/she/it has confronted |
| noi | abbiamo confrontato | we have confronted |
| voi | avete confrontato | you (pl.) have confronted |
| loro | hanno confrontato | they have confronted |
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 confrontato | I had confronted |
| tu | avevi confrontato | you had confronted |
| lui/lei | aveva confrontato | he/she/it had confronted |
| noi | avevamo confrontato | we had confronted |
| voi | avevate confrontato | you (pl.) had confronted |
| loro | avevano confrontato | they had confronted |
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 confrontato |
| tu | avresti confrontato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe confrontato |
| noi | avremmo confrontato |
| voi | avreste confrontato |
| loro | avrebbero confrontato |
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 confrontato | I will have confronted |
| tu | avrai confrontato | you will have confronted |
| lui/lei | avrà confrontato | he/she/it will have confronted |
| noi | avremo confrontato | we will have confronted |
| voi | avrete confrontato | you (pl.) will have confronted |
| loro | avranno confrontato | they will have confronted |
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 | confronti |
| tu | confronti |
| lui/lei | confronti |
| noi | confrontiamo |
| voi | confrontiate |
| loro | confrontino |
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 | confrontassi |
| tu | confrontassi |
| lui/lei | confrontasse |
| noi | confrontassimo |
| voi | confrontaste |
| loro | confrontassero |
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 | confronta |
| lui/lei | confronti |
| noi | confrontiamo |
| voi | confrontate |
| loro | confrontino |
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 confrontare |
| lui/lei | non confronti |
| noi | non confrontiamo |
| voi | non confrontate |
| loro | non confrontino |