deporre — Italian conjugation

to depose

Frequency#818Regular

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
iodepongoI depose
tudeponiyou depose
lui/leideponehe/she/it deposes
noideponiamowe depose
voideponeteyou (pl.) depose
lorodepongonothey depose

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
iodeposiI deposed
tudeponestiyou deposed
lui/leideposehe/she/it deposed
noideponemmowe deposed
voideponesteyou (pl.) deposed
lorodeposerothey deposed

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
iodeponevo
tudeponevi
lui/leideponeva
noideponevamo
voideponevate
lorodeponevano

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
iodeporreiI would depose
tudeporrestiyou would depose
lui/leideporrebbehe/she/it would depose
noideporremmowe would depose
voideporresteyou (pl.) would depose
lorodeporrebberothey would depose

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
iodeporròI will depose
tudeporraiyou will depose
lui/leideporràhe/she/it will depose
noideporremowe will depose
voideporreteyou (pl.) will depose
lorodeporrannothey will depose

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
ioho depostoI have deposed
tuhai depostoyou have deposed
lui/leiha depostohe/she/it has deposed
noiabbiamo depostowe have deposed
voiavete depostoyou (pl.) have deposed
lorohanno depostothey have deposed

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
ioavevo depostoI had deposed
tuavevi depostoyou had deposed
lui/leiaveva depostohe/she/it had deposed
noiavevamo depostowe had deposed
voiavevate depostoyou (pl.) had deposed
loroavevano depostothey had deposed

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
ioavrei deposto
tuavresti deposto
lui/leiavrebbe deposto
noiavremmo deposto
voiavreste deposto
loroavrebbero deposto

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
ioavrò depostoI will have deposed
tuavrai depostoyou will have deposed
lui/leiavrà depostohe/she/it will have deposed
noiavremo depostowe will have deposed
voiavrete depostoyou (pl.) will have deposed
loroavranno depostothey will have deposed

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
iodeponga
tudeponga
lui/leideponga
noideponiamo
voideponiate
lorodepongano

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
iodeponessi
tudeponessi
lui/leideponesse
noideponessimo
voideponeste
lorodeponessero

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
tudeponi
lui/leideponga
noideponiamo
voideponete
lorodepongano

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 deporre
lui/leinon deponga
noinon deponiamo
voinon deponete
loronon depongano