gironzolare — Italian conjugation
to wander around
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 | gironzolo | I wander around |
| tu | gironzoli | you wander around |
| lui/lei | gironzola | he/she/it wanders around |
| noi | gironzoliamo | we wander around |
| voi | gironzolate | you (pl.) wander around |
| loro | gironzolano | they wander around |
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 | gironzolai | I wandered around |
| tu | gironzolasti | you wandered around |
| lui/lei | gironzolò | he/she/it wandered around |
| noi | gironzolammo | we wandered around |
| voi | gironzolaste | you (pl.) wandered around |
| loro | gironzolarono | they wandered around |
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 | gironzolavo |
| tu | gironzolavi |
| lui/lei | gironzolava |
| noi | gironzolavamo |
| voi | gironzolavate |
| loro | gironzolavano |
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 | gironzolerei | I would wander around |
| tu | gironzoleresti | you would wander around |
| lui/lei | gironzolerebbe | he/she/it would wander around |
| noi | gironzoleremmo | we would wander around |
| voi | gironzolereste | you (pl.) would wander around |
| loro | gironzolerebbero | they would wander around |
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 | gironzolerò | I will wander around |
| tu | gironzolerai | you will wander around |
| lui/lei | gironzolerà | he/she/it will wander around |
| noi | gironzoleremo | we will wander around |
| voi | gironzolerete | you (pl.) will wander around |
| loro | gironzoleranno | they will wander around |
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 gironzolato | I have wandered around |
| tu | hai gironzolato | you have wandered around |
| lui/lei | ha gironzolato | he/she/it has wandered around |
| noi | abbiamo gironzolato | we have wandered around |
| voi | avete gironzolato | you (pl.) have wandered around |
| loro | hanno gironzolato | they have wandered around |
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 gironzolato | I had wandered around |
| tu | avevi gironzolato | you had wandered around |
| lui/lei | aveva gironzolato | he/she/it had wandered around |
| noi | avevamo gironzolato | we had wandered around |
| voi | avevate gironzolato | you (pl.) had wandered around |
| loro | avevano gironzolato | they had wandered around |
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 gironzolato |
| tu | avresti gironzolato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe gironzolato |
| noi | avremmo gironzolato |
| voi | avreste gironzolato |
| loro | avrebbero gironzolato |
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 gironzolato | I will have wandered around |
| tu | avrai gironzolato | you will have wandered around |
| lui/lei | avrà gironzolato | he/she/it will have wandered around |
| noi | avremo gironzolato | we will have wandered around |
| voi | avrete gironzolato | you (pl.) will have wandered around |
| loro | avranno gironzolato | they will have wandered around |
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 | gironzoli |
| tu | gironzoli |
| lui/lei | gironzoli |
| noi | gironzoliamo |
| voi | gironzoliate |
| loro | gironzolino |
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 | gironzolassi |
| tu | gironzolassi |
| lui/lei | gironzolasse |
| noi | gironzolassimo |
| voi | gironzolaste |
| loro | gironzolassero |
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 | gironzola |
| lui/lei | gironzoli |
| noi | gironzoliamo |
| voi | gironzolate |
| loro | gironzolino |
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 gironzolare |
| lui/lei | non gironzoli |
| noi | non gironzoliamo |
| voi | non gironzolate |
| loro | non gironzolino |