crepare — Italian conjugation

to die (informal)

Frequency#1148RegularAuxiliaryessere

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
iocrepoI die
tucrepiyou die
lui/leicrepahe/she/it dies
noicrepiamowe die
voicrepateyou (pl.) die
lorocrepanothey die

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
iocrepaiI died
tucrepastiyou died
lui/leicrepòhe/she/it died
noicrepammowe died
voicrepasteyou (pl.) died
lorocreparonothey died

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
iocrepavo
tucrepavi
lui/leicrepava
noicrepavamo
voicrepavate
lorocrepavano

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
iocrepereiI would die
tucreperestiyou would die
lui/leicreperebbehe/she/it would die
noicreperemmowe would die
voicreperesteyou (pl.) would die
lorocreperebberothey would die

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
iocreperòI will die
tucreperaiyou will die
lui/leicreperàhe/she/it will die
noicreperemowe will die
voicrepereteyou (pl.) will die
lorocreperannothey will die

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
iosono crepato/aI have died
tusei crepato/ayou have died
lui/leiè crepato/ahe/she/it has died
noisiamo crepati/ewe have died
voisiete crepati/eyou (pl.) have died
lorosono crepati/ethey have died

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
ioero crepato/aI had died
tueri crepato/ayou had died
lui/leiera crepato/ahe/she/it had died
noieravamo crepati/ewe had died
voieravate crepati/eyou (pl.) had died
loroerano crepati/ethey had died

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
iosarei crepato/a
tusaresti crepato/a
lui/leisarebbe crepato/a
noisaremmo crepati/e
voisareste crepati/e
lorosarebbero crepati/e

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
iosarò crepato/aI will have died
tusarai crepato/ayou will have died
lui/leisarà crepato/ahe/she/it will have died
noisaremo crepati/ewe will have died
voisarete crepati/eyou (pl.) will have died
lorosaranno crepati/ethey will have died

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
iocrepi
tucrepi
lui/leicrepi
noicrepiamo
voicrepiate
lorocrepino

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
iocrepassi
tucrepassi
lui/leicrepasse
noicrepassimo
voicrepaste
lorocrepassero

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
tucrepa
lui/leicrepi
noicrepiamo
voicrepate
lorocrepino

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 crepare
lui/leinon crepi
noinon crepiamo
voinon crepate
loronon crepino