consolare — Italian conjugation
to console
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 | consolo | I console |
| tu | consoli | you console |
| lui/lei | consola | he/she/it consoles |
| noi | consoliamo | we console |
| voi | consolate | you (pl.) console |
| loro | consolano | they console |
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 | consolai | I consoled |
| tu | consolasti | you consoled |
| lui/lei | consolò | he/she/it consoled |
| noi | consolammo | we consoled |
| voi | consolaste | you (pl.) consoled |
| loro | consolarono | they consoled |
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 | consolavo |
| tu | consolavi |
| lui/lei | consolava |
| noi | consolavamo |
| voi | consolavate |
| loro | consolavano |
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 | consolerei | I would console |
| tu | consoleresti | you would console |
| lui/lei | consolerebbe | he/she/it would console |
| noi | consoleremmo | we would console |
| voi | consolereste | you (pl.) would console |
| loro | consolerebbero | they would console |
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 | consolerò | I will console |
| tu | consolerai | you will console |
| lui/lei | consolerà | he/she/it will console |
| noi | consoleremo | we will console |
| voi | consolerete | you (pl.) will console |
| loro | consoleranno | they will console |
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 consolato | I have consoled |
| tu | hai consolato | you have consoled |
| lui/lei | ha consolato | he/she/it has consoled |
| noi | abbiamo consolato | we have consoled |
| voi | avete consolato | you (pl.) have consoled |
| loro | hanno consolato | they have consoled |
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 consolato | I had consoled |
| tu | avevi consolato | you had consoled |
| lui/lei | aveva consolato | he/she/it had consoled |
| noi | avevamo consolato | we had consoled |
| voi | avevate consolato | you (pl.) had consoled |
| loro | avevano consolato | they had consoled |
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 consolato |
| tu | avresti consolato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe consolato |
| noi | avremmo consolato |
| voi | avreste consolato |
| loro | avrebbero consolato |
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 consolato | I will have consoled |
| tu | avrai consolato | you will have consoled |
| lui/lei | avrà consolato | he/she/it will have consoled |
| noi | avremo consolato | we will have consoled |
| voi | avrete consolato | you (pl.) will have consoled |
| loro | avranno consolato | they will have consoled |
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 | consoli |
| tu | consoli |
| lui/lei | consoli |
| noi | consoliamo |
| voi | consoliate |
| loro | consolino |
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 | consolassi |
| tu | consolassi |
| lui/lei | consolasse |
| noi | consolassimo |
| voi | consolaste |
| loro | consolassero |
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 | consola |
| lui/lei | consoli |
| noi | consoliamo |
| voi | consolate |
| loro | consolino |
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 consolare |
| lui/lei | non consoli |
| noi | non consoliamo |
| voi | non consolate |
| loro | non consolino |