fidare — Italian conjugation
to trust
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 | fido | I trust |
| tu | fidi | you trust |
| lui/lei | fida | he/she/it trusts |
| noi | fidiamo | we trust |
| voi | fidate | you (pl.) trust |
| loro | fidano | they trust |
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 | fidai | I trusted |
| tu | fidasti | you trusted |
| lui/lei | fidò | he/she/it trusted |
| noi | fidammo | we trusted |
| voi | fidaste | you (pl.) trusted |
| loro | fidarono | they trusted |
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 | fidavo |
| tu | fidavi |
| lui/lei | fidava |
| noi | fidavamo |
| voi | fidavate |
| loro | fidavano |
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 | fiderei | I would trust |
| tu | fideresti | you would trust |
| lui/lei | fiderebbe | he/she/it would trust |
| noi | fideremmo | we would trust |
| voi | fidereste | you (pl.) would trust |
| loro | fiderebbero | they would trust |
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 | fiderò | I will trust |
| tu | fiderai | you will trust |
| lui/lei | fiderà | he/she/it will trust |
| noi | fideremo | we will trust |
| voi | fiderete | you (pl.) will trust |
| loro | fideranno | they will trust |
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 fidato | I have trusted |
| tu | hai fidato | you have trusted |
| lui/lei | ha fidato | he/she/it has trusted |
| noi | abbiamo fidato | we have trusted |
| voi | avete fidato | you (pl.) have trusted |
| loro | hanno fidato | they have trusted |
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 fidato | I had trusted |
| tu | avevi fidato | you had trusted |
| lui/lei | aveva fidato | he/she/it had trusted |
| noi | avevamo fidato | we had trusted |
| voi | avevate fidato | you (pl.) had trusted |
| loro | avevano fidato | they had trusted |
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 fidato |
| tu | avresti fidato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe fidato |
| noi | avremmo fidato |
| voi | avreste fidato |
| loro | avrebbero fidato |
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 fidato | I will have trusted |
| tu | avrai fidato | you will have trusted |
| lui/lei | avrà fidato | he/she/it will have trusted |
| noi | avremo fidato | we will have trusted |
| voi | avrete fidato | you (pl.) will have trusted |
| loro | avranno fidato | they will have trusted |
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 | fidi |
| tu | fidi |
| lui/lei | fidi |
| noi | fidiamo |
| voi | fidiate |
| loro | fidino |
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 | fidassi |
| tu | fidassi |
| lui/lei | fidasse |
| noi | fidassimo |
| voi | fidaste |
| loro | fidassero |
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 | fida |
| lui/lei | fidi |
| noi | fidiamo |
| voi | fidate |
| loro | fidino |
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 fidare |
| lui/lei | non fidi |
| noi | non fidiamo |
| voi | non fidate |
| loro | non fidino |