fabbricare — Italian conjugation
to manufacture
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 | fabbrico | I manufacture |
| tu | fabbrichi | you manufacture |
| lui/lei | fabbrica | he/she/it manufactures |
| noi | fabbrichiamo | we manufacture |
| voi | fabbricate | you (pl.) manufacture |
| loro | fabbricano | they manufacture |
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 | fabbricai | I manufactured |
| tu | fabbricasti | you manufactured |
| lui/lei | fabbricò | he/she/it manufactured |
| noi | fabbricammo | we manufactured |
| voi | fabbricaste | you (pl.) manufactured |
| loro | fabbricarono | they manufactured |
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 | fabbricavo |
| tu | fabbricavi |
| lui/lei | fabbricava |
| noi | fabbricavamo |
| voi | fabbricavate |
| loro | fabbricavano |
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 | fabbricherei | I would manufacture |
| tu | fabbricheresti | you would manufacture |
| lui/lei | fabbricherebbe | he/she/it would manufacture |
| noi | fabbricheremmo | we would manufacture |
| voi | fabbrichereste | you (pl.) would manufacture |
| loro | fabbricherebbero | they would manufacture |
Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular
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 | fabbricherò | I will manufacture |
| tu | fabbricherai | you will manufacture |
| lui/lei | fabbricherà | he/she/it will manufacture |
| noi | fabbricheremo | we will manufacture |
| voi | fabbricherete | you (pl.) will manufacture |
| loro | fabbricheranno | they will manufacture |
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 fabbricato | I have manufactured |
| tu | hai fabbricato | you have manufactured |
| lui/lei | ha fabbricato | he/she/it has manufactured |
| noi | abbiamo fabbricato | we have manufactured |
| voi | avete fabbricato | you (pl.) have manufactured |
| loro | hanno fabbricato | they have manufactured |
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 fabbricato | I had manufactured |
| tu | avevi fabbricato | you had manufactured |
| lui/lei | aveva fabbricato | he/she/it had manufactured |
| noi | avevamo fabbricato | we had manufactured |
| voi | avevate fabbricato | you (pl.) had manufactured |
| loro | avevano fabbricato | they had manufactured |
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 fabbricato |
| tu | avresti fabbricato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe fabbricato |
| noi | avremmo fabbricato |
| voi | avreste fabbricato |
| loro | avrebbero fabbricato |
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 fabbricato | I will have manufactured |
| tu | avrai fabbricato | you will have manufactured |
| lui/lei | avrà fabbricato | he/she/it will have manufactured |
| noi | avremo fabbricato | we will have manufactured |
| voi | avrete fabbricato | you (pl.) will have manufactured |
| loro | avranno fabbricato | they will have manufactured |
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 | fabbrichi |
| tu | fabbrichi |
| lui/lei | fabbrichi |
| noi | fabbrichiamo |
| voi | fabbrichiate |
| loro | fabbrichino |
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 | fabbricassi |
| tu | fabbricassi |
| lui/lei | fabbricasse |
| noi | fabbricassimo |
| voi | fabbricaste |
| loro | fabbricassero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Irregular
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 | fabbrica |
| lui/lei | fabbrichi |
| noi | fabbrichiamo |
| voi | fabbricate |
| loro | fabbrichino |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Irregular
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 fabbricare |
| lui/lei | non fabbrichi |
| noi | non fabbrichiamo |
| voi | non fabbricate |
| loro | non fabbrichino |