friggere — Italian conjugation
to fry
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 | friggo | I fry |
| tu | friggi | you fry |
| lui/lei | frigge | he/she/it fries |
| noi | friggiamo | we fry |
| voi | friggete | you (pl.) fry |
| loro | friggono | they fry |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | frissi | I fried |
| tu | friggesti | you fried |
| lui/lei | frisse | he/she/it fried |
| noi | friggemmo | we fried |
| voi | friggeste | you (pl.) fried |
| loro | frissero | they fried |
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 | friggevo |
| tu | friggevi |
| lui/lei | friggeva |
| noi | friggevamo |
| voi | friggevate |
| loro | friggevano |
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 | friggerei | I would fry |
| tu | friggeresti | you would fry |
| lui/lei | friggerebbe | he/she/it would fry |
| noi | friggeremmo | we would fry |
| voi | friggereste | you (pl.) would fry |
| loro | friggerebbero | they would fry |
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 | friggerò | I will fry |
| tu | friggerai | you will fry |
| lui/lei | friggerà | he/she/it will fry |
| noi | friggeremo | we will fry |
| voi | friggerete | you (pl.) will fry |
| loro | friggeranno | they will fry |
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 fritto | I have fried |
| tu | hai fritto | you have fried |
| lui/lei | ha fritto | he/she/it has fried |
| noi | abbiamo fritto | we have fried |
| voi | avete fritto | you (pl.) have fried |
| loro | hanno fritto | they have fried |
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 fritto | I had fried |
| tu | avevi fritto | you had fried |
| lui/lei | aveva fritto | he/she/it had fried |
| noi | avevamo fritto | we had fried |
| voi | avevate fritto | you (pl.) had fried |
| loro | avevano fritto | they had fried |
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 fritto |
| tu | avresti fritto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe fritto |
| noi | avremmo fritto |
| voi | avreste fritto |
| loro | avrebbero fritto |
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 fritto | I will have fried |
| tu | avrai fritto | you will have fried |
| lui/lei | avrà fritto | he/she/it will have fried |
| noi | avremo fritto | we will have fried |
| voi | avrete fritto | you (pl.) will have fried |
| loro | avranno fritto | they will have fried |
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 | frigga |
| tu | frigga |
| lui/lei | frigga |
| noi | friggiamo |
| voi | friggiate |
| loro | friggano |
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 | friggessi |
| tu | friggessi |
| lui/lei | friggesse |
| noi | friggessimo |
| voi | friggeste |
| loro | friggessero |
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 | friggi |
| lui/lei | frigga |
| noi | friggiamo |
| voi | friggete |
| loro | friggano |
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 friggere |
| lui/lei | non frigga |
| noi | non friggiamo |
| voi | non friggete |
| loro | non friggano |