digerire — Italian conjugation
to digest
Indicative
Present (Presente) Irregular
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 | digerisco | I digest |
| tu | digerisci | you digest |
| lui/lei | digerisce | he/she/it digests |
| noi | digeriamo | we digest |
| voi | digerite | you (pl.) digest |
| loro | digeriscono | they digest |
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 | digerii | I digested |
| tu | digeristi | you digested |
| lui/lei | digerì | he/she/it digested |
| noi | digerimmo | we digested |
| voi | digeriste | you (pl.) digested |
| loro | digerirono | they digested |
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 | digerivo |
| tu | digerivi |
| lui/lei | digeriva |
| noi | digerivamo |
| voi | digerivate |
| loro | digerivano |
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 | digerirei | I would digest |
| tu | digeriresti | you would digest |
| lui/lei | digerirebbe | he/she/it would digest |
| noi | digeriremmo | we would digest |
| voi | digerireste | you (pl.) would digest |
| loro | digerirebbero | they would digest |
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 | digerirò | I will digest |
| tu | digerirai | you will digest |
| lui/lei | digerirà | he/she/it will digest |
| noi | digeriremo | we will digest |
| voi | digerirete | you (pl.) will digest |
| loro | digeriranno | they will digest |
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 digerito | I have digested |
| tu | hai digerito | you have digested |
| lui/lei | ha digerito | he/she/it has digested |
| noi | abbiamo digerito | we have digested |
| voi | avete digerito | you (pl.) have digested |
| loro | hanno digerito | they have digested |
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 digerito | I had digested |
| tu | avevi digerito | you had digested |
| lui/lei | aveva digerito | he/she/it had digested |
| noi | avevamo digerito | we had digested |
| voi | avevate digerito | you (pl.) had digested |
| loro | avevano digerito | they had digested |
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 digerito |
| tu | avresti digerito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe digerito |
| noi | avremmo digerito |
| voi | avreste digerito |
| loro | avrebbero digerito |
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 digerito | I will have digested |
| tu | avrai digerito | you will have digested |
| lui/lei | avrà digerito | he/she/it will have digested |
| noi | avremo digerito | we will have digested |
| voi | avrete digerito | you (pl.) will have digested |
| loro | avranno digerito | they will have digested |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular
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 | digerisca |
| tu | digerisca |
| lui/lei | digerisca |
| noi | digeriamo |
| voi | digeriate |
| loro | digeriscano |
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 | digerissi |
| tu | digerissi |
| lui/lei | digerisse |
| noi | digerissimo |
| voi | digeriste |
| loro | digerissero |
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 | digerisci |
| lui/lei | digerisca |
| noi | digeriamo |
| voi | digerite |
| loro | digeriscano |
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 digerire |
| lui/lei | non digerisca |
| noi | non digeriamo |
| voi | non digerite |
| loro | non digeriscano |