eccitare — Italian conjugation
to excite; to arouse
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 | eccito | I excite |
| tu | ecciti | you excite |
| lui/lei | eccita | he/she/it excites |
| noi | eccitiamo | we excite |
| voi | eccitate | you (pl.) excite |
| loro | eccitano | they excite |
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 | eccitai | I excited |
| tu | eccitasti | you excited |
| lui/lei | eccitò | he/she/it excited |
| noi | eccitammo | we excited |
| voi | eccitaste | you (pl.) excited |
| loro | eccitarono | they excited |
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 | eccitavo |
| tu | eccitavi |
| lui/lei | eccitava |
| noi | eccitavamo |
| voi | eccitavate |
| loro | eccitavano |
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 | ecciterei | I would excite |
| tu | ecciteresti | you would excite |
| lui/lei | ecciterebbe | he/she/it would excite |
| noi | ecciteremmo | we would excite |
| voi | eccitereste | you (pl.) would excite |
| loro | ecciterebbero | they would excite |
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 | ecciterò | I will excite |
| tu | ecciterai | you will excite |
| lui/lei | ecciterà | he/she/it will excite |
| noi | ecciteremo | we will excite |
| voi | ecciterete | you (pl.) will excite |
| loro | ecciteranno | they will excite |
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 eccitato | I have excited |
| tu | hai eccitato | you have excited |
| lui/lei | ha eccitato | he/she/it has excited |
| noi | abbiamo eccitato | we have excited |
| voi | avete eccitato | you (pl.) have excited |
| loro | hanno eccitato | they have excited |
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 eccitato | I had excited |
| tu | avevi eccitato | you had excited |
| lui/lei | aveva eccitato | he/she/it had excited |
| noi | avevamo eccitato | we had excited |
| voi | avevate eccitato | you (pl.) had excited |
| loro | avevano eccitato | they had excited |
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 eccitato |
| tu | avresti eccitato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe eccitato |
| noi | avremmo eccitato |
| voi | avreste eccitato |
| loro | avrebbero eccitato |
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 eccitato | I will have excited |
| tu | avrai eccitato | you will have excited |
| lui/lei | avrà eccitato | he/she/it will have excited |
| noi | avremo eccitato | we will have excited |
| voi | avrete eccitato | you (pl.) will have excited |
| loro | avranno eccitato | they will have excited |
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 | ecciti |
| tu | ecciti |
| lui/lei | ecciti |
| noi | eccitiamo |
| voi | eccitiate |
| loro | eccitino |
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 | eccitassi |
| tu | eccitassi |
| lui/lei | eccitasse |
| noi | eccitassimo |
| voi | eccitaste |
| loro | eccitassero |
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 | eccita |
| lui/lei | ecciti |
| noi | eccitiamo |
| voi | eccitate |
| loro | eccitino |
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 eccitare |
| lui/lei | non ecciti |
| noi | non eccitiamo |
| voi | non eccitate |
| loro | non eccitino |