fiatare — Italian conjugation
to breathe (to exhale)
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 | fiato | I breathe |
| tu | fiati | you breathe |
| lui/lei | fiata | he/she/it breathes |
| noi | fiatiamo | we breathe |
| voi | fiatate | you (pl.) breathe |
| loro | fiatano | they breathe |
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 | fiatai | I breathed |
| tu | fiatasti | you breathed |
| lui/lei | fiatò | he/she/it breathed |
| noi | fiatammo | we breathed |
| voi | fiataste | you (pl.) breathed |
| loro | fiatarono | they breathed |
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 | fiatavo |
| tu | fiatavi |
| lui/lei | fiatava |
| noi | fiatavamo |
| voi | fiatavate |
| loro | fiatavano |
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 | fiaterei | I would breathe |
| tu | fiateresti | you would breathe |
| lui/lei | fiaterebbe | he/she/it would breathe |
| noi | fiateremmo | we would breathe |
| voi | fiatereste | you (pl.) would breathe |
| loro | fiaterebbero | they would breathe |
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 | fiaterò | I will breathe |
| tu | fiaterai | you will breathe |
| lui/lei | fiaterà | he/she/it will breathe |
| noi | fiateremo | we will breathe |
| voi | fiaterete | you (pl.) will breathe |
| loro | fiateranno | they will breathe |
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 fiatato | I have breathed |
| tu | hai fiatato | you have breathed |
| lui/lei | ha fiatato | he/she/it has breathed |
| noi | abbiamo fiatato | we have breathed |
| voi | avete fiatato | you (pl.) have breathed |
| loro | hanno fiatato | they have breathed |
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 fiatato | I had breathed |
| tu | avevi fiatato | you had breathed |
| lui/lei | aveva fiatato | he/she/it had breathed |
| noi | avevamo fiatato | we had breathed |
| voi | avevate fiatato | you (pl.) had breathed |
| loro | avevano fiatato | they had breathed |
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 fiatato |
| tu | avresti fiatato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe fiatato |
| noi | avremmo fiatato |
| voi | avreste fiatato |
| loro | avrebbero fiatato |
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 fiatato | I will have breathed |
| tu | avrai fiatato | you will have breathed |
| lui/lei | avrà fiatato | he/she/it will have breathed |
| noi | avremo fiatato | we will have breathed |
| voi | avrete fiatato | you (pl.) will have breathed |
| loro | avranno fiatato | they will have breathed |
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 | fiati |
| tu | fiati |
| lui/lei | fiati |
| noi | fiatiamo |
| voi | fiatiate |
| loro | fiatino |
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 | fiatassi |
| tu | fiatassi |
| lui/lei | fiatasse |
| noi | fiatassimo |
| voi | fiataste |
| loro | fiatassero |
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 | fiata |
| lui/lei | fiati |
| noi | fiatiamo |
| voi | fiatate |
| loro | fiatino |
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 fiatare |
| lui/lei | non fiati |
| noi | non fiatiamo |
| voi | non fiatate |
| loro | non fiatino |