drogare — Italian conjugation
to drug
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 | drogo | I drug |
| tu | droghi | you drug |
| lui/lei | droga | he/she/it drugs |
| noi | droghiamo | we drug |
| voi | drogate | you (pl.) drug |
| loro | drogano | they drug |
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 | drogai | I drugged |
| tu | drogasti | you drugged |
| lui/lei | drogò | he/she/it drugged |
| noi | drogammo | we drugged |
| voi | drogaste | you (pl.) drugged |
| loro | drogarono | they drugged |
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 | drogavo |
| tu | drogavi |
| lui/lei | drogava |
| noi | drogavamo |
| voi | drogavate |
| loro | drogavano |
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 | drogherei | I would drug |
| tu | drogheresti | you would drug |
| lui/lei | drogherebbe | he/she/it would drug |
| noi | drogheremmo | we would drug |
| voi | droghereste | you (pl.) would drug |
| loro | drogherebbero | they would drug |
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 | drogherò | I will drug |
| tu | drogherai | you will drug |
| lui/lei | drogherà | he/she/it will drug |
| noi | drogheremo | we will drug |
| voi | drogherete | you (pl.) will drug |
| loro | drogheranno | they will drug |
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 drogato | I have drugged |
| tu | hai drogato | you have drugged |
| lui/lei | ha drogato | he/she/it has drugged |
| noi | abbiamo drogato | we have drugged |
| voi | avete drogato | you (pl.) have drugged |
| loro | hanno drogato | they have drugged |
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 drogato | I had drugged |
| tu | avevi drogato | you had drugged |
| lui/lei | aveva drogato | he/she/it had drugged |
| noi | avevamo drogato | we had drugged |
| voi | avevate drogato | you (pl.) had drugged |
| loro | avevano drogato | they had drugged |
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 drogato |
| tu | avresti drogato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe drogato |
| noi | avremmo drogato |
| voi | avreste drogato |
| loro | avrebbero drogato |
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 drogato | I will have drugged |
| tu | avrai drogato | you will have drugged |
| lui/lei | avrà drogato | he/she/it will have drugged |
| noi | avremo drogato | we will have drugged |
| voi | avrete drogato | you (pl.) will have drugged |
| loro | avranno drogato | they will have drugged |
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 | droghi |
| tu | droghi |
| lui/lei | droghi |
| noi | droghiamo |
| voi | droghiate |
| loro | droghino |
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 | drogassi |
| tu | drogassi |
| lui/lei | drogasse |
| noi | drogassimo |
| voi | drogaste |
| loro | drogassero |
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 | droga |
| lui/lei | droghi |
| noi | droghiamo |
| voi | drogate |
| loro | droghino |
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 drogare |
| lui/lei | non droghi |
| noi | non droghiamo |
| voi | non drogate |
| loro | non droghino |