garantire — Italian conjugation
to guarantee
Indicative
Present (Presente) Irregular
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 | garantisco | I guarantee |
| tu | garantisci | you guarantee |
| lui/lei | garantisce | he/she/it guarantees |
| noi | garantiamo | we guarantee |
| voi | garantite | you (pl.) guarantee |
| loro | garantiscono | they guarantee |
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 | garantii | I guaranteed |
| tu | garantisti | you guaranteed |
| lui/lei | garantì | he/she/it guaranteed |
| noi | garantimmo | we guaranteed |
| voi | garantiste | you (pl.) guaranteed |
| loro | garantirono | they guaranteed |
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 | garantivo |
| tu | garantivi |
| lui/lei | garantiva |
| noi | garantivamo |
| voi | garantivate |
| loro | garantivano |
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 | garantirei | I would guarantee |
| tu | garantiresti | you would guarantee |
| lui/lei | garantirebbe | he/she/it would guarantee |
| noi | garantiremmo | we would guarantee |
| voi | garantireste | you (pl.) would guarantee |
| loro | garantirebbero | they would guarantee |
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 | garantirò | I will guarantee |
| tu | garantirai | you will guarantee |
| lui/lei | garantirà | he/she/it will guarantee |
| noi | garantiremo | we will guarantee |
| voi | garantirete | you (pl.) will guarantee |
| loro | garantiranno | they will guarantee |
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 garantito | I have guaranteed |
| tu | hai garantito | you have guaranteed |
| lui/lei | ha garantito | he/she/it has guaranteed |
| noi | abbiamo garantito | we have guaranteed |
| voi | avete garantito | you (pl.) have guaranteed |
| loro | hanno garantito | they have guaranteed |
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 garantito | I had guaranteed |
| tu | avevi garantito | you had guaranteed |
| lui/lei | aveva garantito | he/she/it had guaranteed |
| noi | avevamo garantito | we had guaranteed |
| voi | avevate garantito | you (pl.) had guaranteed |
| loro | avevano garantito | they had guaranteed |
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 garantito |
| tu | avresti garantito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe garantito |
| noi | avremmo garantito |
| voi | avreste garantito |
| loro | avrebbero garantito |
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 garantito | I will have guaranteed |
| tu | avrai garantito | you will have guaranteed |
| lui/lei | avrà garantito | he/she/it will have guaranteed |
| noi | avremo garantito | we will have guaranteed |
| voi | avrete garantito | you (pl.) will have guaranteed |
| loro | avranno garantito | they will have guaranteed |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular
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 | garantisca |
| tu | garantisca |
| lui/lei | garantisca |
| noi | garantiamo |
| voi | garantiate |
| loro | garantiscano |
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 | garantissi |
| tu | garantissi |
| lui/lei | garantisse |
| noi | garantissimo |
| voi | garantiste |
| loro | garantissero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Irregular
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 | garantisci |
| lui/lei | garantisca |
| noi | garantiamo |
| voi | garantite |
| loro | garantiscano |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Irregular
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 garantire |
| lui/lei | non garantisca |
| noi | non garantiamo |
| voi | non garantite |
| loro | non garantiscano |