importare — Italian conjugation

to import

Frequency#919Regular

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
ioimportoI import
tuimportiyou import
lui/leiimportahe/she/it imports
noiimportiamowe import
voiimportateyou (pl.) import
loroimportanothey import

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
ioimportaiI imported
tuimportastiyou imported
lui/leiimportòhe/she/it imported
noiimportammowe imported
voiimportasteyou (pl.) imported
loroimportaronothey imported

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
ioimportavo
tuimportavi
lui/leiimportava
noiimportavamo
voiimportavate
loroimportavano

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
ioimportereiI would import
tuimporterestiyou would import
lui/leiimporterebbehe/she/it would import
noiimporteremmowe would import
voiimporteresteyou (pl.) would import
loroimporterebberothey would import

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
ioimporteròI will import
tuimporteraiyou will import
lui/leiimporteràhe/she/it will import
noiimporteremowe will import
voiimportereteyou (pl.) will import
loroimporterannothey will import

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 importatoI have imported
tuhai importatoyou have imported
lui/leiha importatohe/she/it has imported
noiabbiamo importatowe have imported
voiavete importatoyou (pl.) have imported
lorohanno importatothey have imported

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 importatoI had imported
tuavevi importatoyou had imported
lui/leiaveva importatohe/she/it had imported
noiavevamo importatowe had imported
voiavevate importatoyou (pl.) had imported
loroavevano importatothey had imported

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 importato
tuavresti importato
lui/leiavrebbe importato
noiavremmo importato
voiavreste importato
loroavrebbero importato

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 importatoI will have imported
tuavrai importatoyou will have imported
lui/leiavrà importatohe/she/it will have imported
noiavremo importatowe will have imported
voiavrete importatoyou (pl.) will have imported
loroavranno importatothey will have imported

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
ioimporti
tuimporti
lui/leiimporti
noiimportiamo
voiimportiate
loroimportino

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
ioimportassi
tuimportassi
lui/leiimportasse
noiimportassimo
voiimportaste
loroimportassero

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
tuimporta
lui/leiimporti
noiimportiamo
voiimportate
loroimportino

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 importare
lui/leinon importi
noinon importiamo
voinon importate
loronon importino