creare — Italian conjugation
to create
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 | creo | I create |
| tu | crei | you create |
| lui/lei | crea | he/she/it creates |
| noi | creiamo | we create |
| voi | create | you (pl.) create |
| loro | creano | they create |
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 | creai | I created |
| tu | creasti | you created |
| lui/lei | creò | he/she/it created |
| noi | creammo | we created |
| voi | creaste | you (pl.) created |
| loro | crearono | they created |
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 | creavo |
| tu | creavi |
| lui/lei | creava |
| noi | creavamo |
| voi | creavate |
| loro | creavano |
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 | creerei | I would create |
| tu | creeresti | you would create |
| lui/lei | creerebbe | he/she/it would create |
| noi | creeremmo | we would create |
| voi | creereste | you (pl.) would create |
| loro | creerebbero | they would create |
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 | creerò | I will create |
| tu | creerai | you will create |
| lui/lei | creerà | he/she/it will create |
| noi | creeremo | we will create |
| voi | creerete | you (pl.) will create |
| loro | creeranno | they will create |
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 creato | I have created |
| tu | hai creato | you have created |
| lui/lei | ha creato | he/she/it has created |
| noi | abbiamo creato | we have created |
| voi | avete creato | you (pl.) have created |
| loro | hanno creato | they have created |
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 creato | I had created |
| tu | avevi creato | you had created |
| lui/lei | aveva creato | he/she/it had created |
| noi | avevamo creato | we had created |
| voi | avevate creato | you (pl.) had created |
| loro | avevano creato | they had created |
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 creato |
| tu | avresti creato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe creato |
| noi | avremmo creato |
| voi | avreste creato |
| loro | avrebbero creato |
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 creato | I will have created |
| tu | avrai creato | you will have created |
| lui/lei | avrà creato | he/she/it will have created |
| noi | avremo creato | we will have created |
| voi | avrete creato | you (pl.) will have created |
| loro | avranno creato | they will have created |
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 | crei |
| tu | crei |
| lui/lei | crei |
| noi | creiamo |
| voi | creiate |
| loro | creino |
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 | creassi |
| tu | creassi |
| lui/lei | creasse |
| noi | creassimo |
| voi | creaste |
| loro | creassero |
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 | crea |
| lui/lei | crei |
| noi | creiamo |
| voi | create |
| loro | creino |
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 creare |
| lui/lei | non crei |
| noi | non creiamo |
| voi | non create |
| loro | non creino |