estradare — Italian conjugation

to straddle

Frequency#1127Regular

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
ioestradoI straddle
tuestradiyou straddle
lui/leiestradahe/she/it straddles
noiestradiamowe straddle
voiestradateyou (pl.) straddle
loroestradanothey straddle

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
ioestradaiI straddled
tuestradastiyou straddled
lui/leiestradòhe/she/it straddled
noiestradammowe straddled
voiestradasteyou (pl.) straddled
loroestradaronothey straddled

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
ioestradavo
tuestradavi
lui/leiestradava
noiestradavamo
voiestradavate
loroestradavano

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
ioestradereiI would straddle
tuestraderestiyou would straddle
lui/leiestraderebbehe/she/it would straddle
noiestraderemmowe would straddle
voiestraderesteyou (pl.) would straddle
loroestraderebberothey would straddle

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
ioestraderòI will straddle
tuestraderaiyou will straddle
lui/leiestraderàhe/she/it will straddle
noiestraderemowe will straddle
voiestradereteyou (pl.) will straddle
loroestraderannothey will straddle

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 estradatoI have straddled
tuhai estradatoyou have straddled
lui/leiha estradatohe/she/it has straddled
noiabbiamo estradatowe have straddled
voiavete estradatoyou (pl.) have straddled
lorohanno estradatothey have straddled

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 estradatoI had straddled
tuavevi estradatoyou had straddled
lui/leiaveva estradatohe/she/it had straddled
noiavevamo estradatowe had straddled
voiavevate estradatoyou (pl.) had straddled
loroavevano estradatothey had straddled

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 estradato
tuavresti estradato
lui/leiavrebbe estradato
noiavremmo estradato
voiavreste estradato
loroavrebbero estradato

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 estradatoI will have straddled
tuavrai estradatoyou will have straddled
lui/leiavrà estradatohe/she/it will have straddled
noiavremo estradatowe will have straddled
voiavrete estradatoyou (pl.) will have straddled
loroavranno estradatothey will have straddled

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
ioestradi
tuestradi
lui/leiestradi
noiestradiamo
voiestradiate
loroestradino

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
ioestradassi
tuestradassi
lui/leiestradasse
noiestradassimo
voiestradaste
loroestradassero

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
tuestrada
lui/leiestradi
noiestradiamo
voiestradate
loroestradino

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 estradare
lui/leinon estradi
noinon estradiamo
voinon estradate
loronon estradino