grigliare — Italian conjugation

to grill

Frequency#751Irregular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iogriglioI grill
tugrigliyou grill
lui/leigrigliahe/she/it grills
noigrigliamowe grill
voigrigliateyou (pl.) grill
lorogriglianothey grill

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
iogrigliaiI grilled
tugrigliastiyou grilled
lui/leigrigliòhe/she/it grilled
noigrigliammowe grilled
voigrigliasteyou (pl.) grilled
lorogrigliaronothey grilled

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
iogrigliavo
tugrigliavi
lui/leigrigliava
noigrigliavamo
voigrigliavate
lorogrigliavano

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
iogrigliereiI would grill
tugriglierestiyou would grill
lui/leigriglierebbehe/she/it would grill
noigriglieremmowe would grill
voigriglieresteyou (pl.) would grill
lorogriglierebberothey would grill

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
iogriglieròI will grill
tugriglieraiyou will grill
lui/leigriglieràhe/she/it will grill
noigriglieremowe will grill
voigrigliereteyou (pl.) will grill
lorogriglierannothey will grill

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 grigliatoI have grilled
tuhai grigliatoyou have grilled
lui/leiha grigliatohe/she/it has grilled
noiabbiamo grigliatowe have grilled
voiavete grigliatoyou (pl.) have grilled
lorohanno grigliatothey have grilled

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 grigliatoI had grilled
tuavevi grigliatoyou had grilled
lui/leiaveva grigliatohe/she/it had grilled
noiavevamo grigliatowe had grilled
voiavevate grigliatoyou (pl.) had grilled
loroavevano grigliatothey had grilled

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 grigliato
tuavresti grigliato
lui/leiavrebbe grigliato
noiavremmo grigliato
voiavreste grigliato
loroavrebbero grigliato

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 grigliatoI will have grilled
tuavrai grigliatoyou will have grilled
lui/leiavrà grigliatohe/she/it will have grilled
noiavremo grigliatowe will have grilled
voiavrete grigliatoyou (pl.) will have grilled
loroavranno grigliatothey will have grilled

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.

PronounItalian
iogrigli
tugrigli
lui/leigrigli
noigrigliamo
voigrigliate
lorogriglino

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
iogrigliassi
tugrigliassi
lui/leigrigliasse
noigrigliassimo
voigrigliaste
lorogrigliassero

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
tugriglia
lui/leigrigli
noigrigliamo
voigrigliate
lorogriglino

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 grigliare
lui/leinon grigli
noinon grigliamo
voinon grigliate
loronon griglino