fondere — Italian conjugation

to melt

Frequency#598Irregular

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
iofondoI melt
tufondiyou melt
lui/leifondehe/she/it melts
noifondiamowe melt
voifondeteyou (pl.) melt
lorofondonothey melt

Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular

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
iofusiI melted
tufondestiyou melted
lui/leifusehe/she/it melted
noifondemmowe melted
voifondesteyou (pl.) melted
lorofuserothey melted

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
iofondevo
tufondevi
lui/leifondeva
noifondevamo
voifondevate
lorofondevano

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
iofondereiI would melt
tufonderestiyou would melt
lui/leifonderebbehe/she/it would melt
noifonderemmowe would melt
voifonderesteyou (pl.) would melt
lorofonderebberothey would melt

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
iofonderòI will melt
tufonderaiyou will melt
lui/leifonderàhe/she/it will melt
noifonderemowe will melt
voifondereteyou (pl.) will melt
lorofonderannothey will melt

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 fusoI have melted
tuhai fusoyou have melted
lui/leiha fusohe/she/it has melted
noiabbiamo fusowe have melted
voiavete fusoyou (pl.) have melted
lorohanno fusothey have melted

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 fusoI had melted
tuavevi fusoyou had melted
lui/leiaveva fusohe/she/it had melted
noiavevamo fusowe had melted
voiavevate fusoyou (pl.) had melted
loroavevano fusothey had melted

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 fuso
tuavresti fuso
lui/leiavrebbe fuso
noiavremmo fuso
voiavreste fuso
loroavrebbero fuso

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 fusoI will have melted
tuavrai fusoyou will have melted
lui/leiavrà fusohe/she/it will have melted
noiavremo fusowe will have melted
voiavrete fusoyou (pl.) will have melted
loroavranno fusothey will have melted

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
iofonda
tufonda
lui/leifonda
noifondiamo
voifondiate
lorofondano

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
iofondessi
tufondessi
lui/leifondesse
noifondessimo
voifondeste
lorofondessero

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
tufondi
lui/leifonda
noifondiamo
voifondete
lorofondano

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 fondere
lui/leinon fonda
noinon fondiamo
voinon fondete
loronon fondano