curiosare — Italian conjugation
to be curious
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 | curioso | I am curious |
| tu | curiosi | you are curious |
| lui/lei | curiosa | he/she/it is curious |
| noi | curiosiamo | we are curious |
| voi | curiosate | you (pl.) are curious |
| loro | curiosano | they are curious |
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 | curiosai | I was curious |
| tu | curiosasti | you were curious |
| lui/lei | curiosò | he/she/it was curious |
| noi | curiosammo | we were curious |
| voi | curiosaste | you (pl.) were curious |
| loro | curiosarono | they were curious |
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 | curiosavo |
| tu | curiosavi |
| lui/lei | curiosava |
| noi | curiosavamo |
| voi | curiosavate |
| loro | curiosavano |
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 | curioserei | I would be curious |
| tu | curioseresti | you would be curious |
| lui/lei | curioserebbe | he/she/it would be curious |
| noi | curioseremmo | we would be curious |
| voi | curiosereste | you (pl.) would be curious |
| loro | curioserebbero | they would be curious |
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 | curioserò | I will be curious |
| tu | curioserai | you will be curious |
| lui/lei | curioserà | he/she/it will be curious |
| noi | curioseremo | we will be curious |
| voi | curioserete | you (pl.) will be curious |
| loro | curioseranno | they will be curious |
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 curiosato | I have been curious |
| tu | hai curiosato | you have been curious |
| lui/lei | ha curiosato | he/she/it has been curious |
| noi | abbiamo curiosato | we have been curious |
| voi | avete curiosato | you (pl.) have been curious |
| loro | hanno curiosato | they have been curious |
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 curiosato | I had been curious |
| tu | avevi curiosato | you had been curious |
| lui/lei | aveva curiosato | he/she/it had been curious |
| noi | avevamo curiosato | we had been curious |
| voi | avevate curiosato | you (pl.) had been curious |
| loro | avevano curiosato | they had been curious |
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 curiosato |
| tu | avresti curiosato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe curiosato |
| noi | avremmo curiosato |
| voi | avreste curiosato |
| loro | avrebbero curiosato |
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 curiosato | I will have been curious |
| tu | avrai curiosato | you will have been curious |
| lui/lei | avrà curiosato | he/she/it will have been curious |
| noi | avremo curiosato | we will have been curious |
| voi | avrete curiosato | you (pl.) will have been curious |
| loro | avranno curiosato | they will have been curious |
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 | curiosi |
| tu | curiosi |
| lui/lei | curiosi |
| noi | curiosiamo |
| voi | curiosiate |
| loro | curiosino |
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 | curiosassi |
| tu | curiosassi |
| lui/lei | curiosasse |
| noi | curiosassimo |
| voi | curiosaste |
| loro | curiosassero |
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 | curiosa |
| lui/lei | curiosi |
| noi | curiosiamo |
| voi | curiosate |
| loro | curiosino |
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 curiosare |
| lui/lei | non curiosi |
| noi | non curiosiamo |
| voi | non curiosate |
| loro | non curiosino |