fuggire — Italian conjugation

to flee

Frequency#420RegularAuxiliaryessere

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
iofuggoI flee
tufuggiyou flee
lui/leifuggehe/she/it flees
noifuggiamowe flee
voifuggiteyou (pl.) flee
lorofuggonothey flee

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iofuggiiI fled
tufuggistiyou fled
lui/leifuggìhe/she/it fled
noifuggimmowe fled
voifuggisteyou (pl.) fled
lorofuggironothey fled

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
iofuggivo
tufuggivi
lui/leifuggiva
noifuggivamo
voifuggivate
lorofuggivano

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
iofuggireiI would flee
tufuggirestiyou would flee
lui/leifuggirebbehe/she/it would flee
noifuggiremmowe would flee
voifuggiresteyou (pl.) would flee
lorofuggirebberothey would flee

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
iofuggiròI will flee
tufuggiraiyou will flee
lui/leifuggiràhe/she/it will flee
noifuggiremowe will flee
voifuggireteyou (pl.) will flee
lorofuggirannothey will flee

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
iosono fuggito/aI have fled
tusei fuggito/ayou have fled
lui/leiè fuggito/ahe/she/it has fled
noisiamo fuggiti/ewe have fled
voisiete fuggiti/eyou (pl.) have fled
lorosono fuggiti/ethey have fled

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
ioero fuggito/aI had fled
tueri fuggito/ayou had fled
lui/leiera fuggito/ahe/she/it had fled
noieravamo fuggiti/ewe had fled
voieravate fuggiti/eyou (pl.) had fled
loroerano fuggiti/ethey had fled

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
iosarei fuggito/a
tusaresti fuggito/a
lui/leisarebbe fuggito/a
noisaremmo fuggiti/e
voisareste fuggiti/e
lorosarebbero fuggiti/e

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
iosarò fuggito/aI will have fled
tusarai fuggito/ayou will have fled
lui/leisarà fuggito/ahe/she/it will have fled
noisaremo fuggiti/ewe will have fled
voisarete fuggiti/eyou (pl.) will have fled
lorosaranno fuggiti/ethey will have fled

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
iofugga
tufugga
lui/leifugga
noifuggiamo
voifuggiate
lorofuggano

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
iofuggissi
tufuggissi
lui/leifuggisse
noifuggissimo
voifuggiste
lorofuggissero

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
tufuggi
lui/leifugga
noifuggiamo
voifuggite
lorofuggano

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 fuggire
lui/leinon fugga
noinon fuggiamo
voinon fuggite
loronon fuggano