dividere — Italian conjugation
to divide
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 | divido | I divide |
| tu | dividi | you divide |
| lui/lei | divide | he/she/it divides |
| noi | dividiamo | we divide |
| voi | dividete | you (pl.) divide |
| loro | dividono | they divide |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular
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 | divisi | I divided |
| tu | dividesti | you divided |
| lui/lei | divise | he/she/it divided |
| noi | dividemmo | we divided |
| voi | divideste | you (pl.) divided |
| loro | divisero | they divided |
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 | dividevo |
| tu | dividevi |
| lui/lei | divideva |
| noi | dividevamo |
| voi | dividevate |
| loro | dividevano |
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 | dividerei | I would divide |
| tu | divideresti | you would divide |
| lui/lei | dividerebbe | he/she/it would divide |
| noi | divideremmo | we would divide |
| voi | dividereste | you (pl.) would divide |
| loro | dividerebbero | they would divide |
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 | dividerò | I will divide |
| tu | dividerai | you will divide |
| lui/lei | dividerà | he/she/it will divide |
| noi | divideremo | we will divide |
| voi | dividerete | you (pl.) will divide |
| loro | divideranno | they will divide |
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 diviso | I have divided |
| tu | hai diviso | you have divided |
| lui/lei | ha diviso | he/she/it has divided |
| noi | abbiamo diviso | we have divided |
| voi | avete diviso | you (pl.) have divided |
| loro | hanno diviso | they have divided |
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 diviso | I had divided |
| tu | avevi diviso | you had divided |
| lui/lei | aveva diviso | he/she/it had divided |
| noi | avevamo diviso | we had divided |
| voi | avevate diviso | you (pl.) had divided |
| loro | avevano diviso | they had divided |
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 diviso |
| tu | avresti diviso |
| lui/lei | avrebbe diviso |
| noi | avremmo diviso |
| voi | avreste diviso |
| loro | avrebbero diviso |
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 diviso | I will have divided |
| tu | avrai diviso | you will have divided |
| lui/lei | avrà diviso | he/she/it will have divided |
| noi | avremo diviso | we will have divided |
| voi | avrete diviso | you (pl.) will have divided |
| loro | avranno diviso | they will have divided |
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 | divida |
| tu | divida |
| lui/lei | divida |
| noi | dividiamo |
| voi | dividiate |
| loro | dividano |
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 | dividessi |
| tu | dividessi |
| lui/lei | dividesse |
| noi | dividessimo |
| voi | divideste |
| loro | dividessero |
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 | dividi |
| lui/lei | divida |
| noi | dividiamo |
| voi | dividete |
| loro | dividano |
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 dividere |
| lui/lei | non divida |
| noi | non dividiamo |
| voi | non dividete |
| loro | non dividano |