decollare — Italian conjugation
to take off (aircraft)
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 | decollo | I take off |
| tu | decolli | you take off |
| lui/lei | decolla | he/she/it takes off |
| noi | decolliamo | we take off |
| voi | decollate | you (pl.) take off |
| loro | decollano | they take off |
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 | decollai | I took off |
| tu | decollasti | you took off |
| lui/lei | decollò | he/she/it took off |
| noi | decollammo | we took off |
| voi | decollaste | you (pl.) took off |
| loro | decollarono | they took off |
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 | decollavo |
| tu | decollavi |
| lui/lei | decollava |
| noi | decollavamo |
| voi | decollavate |
| loro | decollavano |
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 | decollerei | I would take off |
| tu | decolleresti | you would take off |
| lui/lei | decollerebbe | he/she/it would take off |
| noi | decolleremmo | we would take off |
| voi | decollereste | you (pl.) would take off |
| loro | decollerebbero | they would take off |
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 | decollerò | I will take off |
| tu | decollerai | you will take off |
| lui/lei | decollerà | he/she/it will take off |
| noi | decolleremo | we will take off |
| voi | decollerete | you (pl.) will take off |
| loro | decolleranno | they will take off |
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 decollato | I have taken off |
| tu | hai decollato | you have taken off |
| lui/lei | ha decollato | he/she/it has taken off |
| noi | abbiamo decollato | we have taken off |
| voi | avete decollato | you (pl.) have taken off |
| loro | hanno decollato | they have taken off |
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 decollato | I had taken off |
| tu | avevi decollato | you had taken off |
| lui/lei | aveva decollato | he/she/it had taken off |
| noi | avevamo decollato | we had taken off |
| voi | avevate decollato | you (pl.) had taken off |
| loro | avevano decollato | they had taken off |
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 decollato |
| tu | avresti decollato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe decollato |
| noi | avremmo decollato |
| voi | avreste decollato |
| loro | avrebbero decollato |
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 decollato | I will have taken off |
| tu | avrai decollato | you will have taken off |
| lui/lei | avrà decollato | he/she/it will have taken off |
| noi | avremo decollato | we will have taken off |
| voi | avrete decollato | you (pl.) will have taken off |
| loro | avranno decollato | they will have taken off |
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 | decolli |
| tu | decolli |
| lui/lei | decolli |
| noi | decolliamo |
| voi | decolliate |
| loro | decollino |
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 | decollassi |
| tu | decollassi |
| lui/lei | decollasse |
| noi | decollassimo |
| voi | decollaste |
| loro | decollassero |
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 | decolla |
| lui/lei | decolli |
| noi | decolliamo |
| voi | decollate |
| loro | decollino |
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 decollare |
| lui/lei | non decolli |
| noi | non decolliamo |
| voi | non decollate |
| loro | non decollino |