impedire — Italian conjugation
to prevent
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 | impedisco | I prevent |
| tu | impedisci | you prevent |
| lui/lei | impedisce | he/she/it prevents |
| noi | impediamo | we prevent |
| voi | impedite | you (pl.) prevent |
| loro | impediscono | they prevent |
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 | impedii | I prevented |
| tu | impedisti | you prevented |
| lui/lei | impedì | he/she/it prevented |
| noi | impedimmo | we prevented |
| voi | impediste | you (pl.) prevented |
| loro | impedirono | they prevented |
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 | impedivo |
| tu | impedivi |
| lui/lei | impediva |
| noi | impedivamo |
| voi | impedivate |
| loro | impedivano |
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 | impedirei | I would prevent |
| tu | impediresti | you would prevent |
| lui/lei | impedirebbe | he/she/it would prevent |
| noi | impediremmo | we would prevent |
| voi | impedireste | you (pl.) would prevent |
| loro | impedirebbero | they would prevent |
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 | impedirò | I will prevent |
| tu | impedirai | you will prevent |
| lui/lei | impedirà | he/she/it will prevent |
| noi | impediremo | we will prevent |
| voi | impedirete | you (pl.) will prevent |
| loro | impediranno | they will prevent |
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 impedito | I have prevented |
| tu | hai impedito | you have prevented |
| lui/lei | ha impedito | he/she/it has prevented |
| noi | abbiamo impedito | we have prevented |
| voi | avete impedito | you (pl.) have prevented |
| loro | hanno impedito | they have prevented |
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 impedito | I had prevented |
| tu | avevi impedito | you had prevented |
| lui/lei | aveva impedito | he/she/it had prevented |
| noi | avevamo impedito | we had prevented |
| voi | avevate impedito | you (pl.) had prevented |
| loro | avevano impedito | they had prevented |
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 impedito |
| tu | avresti impedito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe impedito |
| noi | avremmo impedito |
| voi | avreste impedito |
| loro | avrebbero impedito |
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 impedito | I will have prevented |
| tu | avrai impedito | you will have prevented |
| lui/lei | avrà impedito | he/she/it will have prevented |
| noi | avremo impedito | we will have prevented |
| voi | avrete impedito | you (pl.) will have prevented |
| loro | avranno impedito | they will have prevented |
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 | impedisca |
| tu | impedisca |
| lui/lei | impedisca |
| noi | impediamo |
| voi | impediate |
| loro | impediscano |
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 | impedissi |
| tu | impedissi |
| lui/lei | impedisse |
| noi | impedissimo |
| voi | impediste |
| loro | impedissero |
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 | impedisci |
| lui/lei | impedisca |
| noi | impediamo |
| voi | impedite |
| loro | impediscano |
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 impedire |
| lui/lei | non impedisca |
| noi | non impediamo |
| voi | non impedite |
| loro | non impediscano |