impressionare — Italian conjugation
to impress
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 | impressiono | I impress |
| tu | impressioni | you impress |
| lui/lei | impressiona | he/she/it impresses |
| noi | impressioniamo | we impress |
| voi | impressionate | you (pl.) impress |
| loro | impressionano | they impress |
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 | impressionai | I impressed |
| tu | impressionasti | you impressed |
| lui/lei | impressionò | he/she/it impressed |
| noi | impressionammo | we impressed |
| voi | impressionaste | you (pl.) impressed |
| loro | impressionarono | they impressed |
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 | impressionavo |
| tu | impressionavi |
| lui/lei | impressionava |
| noi | impressionavamo |
| voi | impressionavate |
| loro | impressionavano |
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 | impressionerei | I would impress |
| tu | impressioneresti | you would impress |
| lui/lei | impressionerebbe | he/she/it would impress |
| noi | impressioneremmo | we would impress |
| voi | impressionereste | you (pl.) would impress |
| loro | impressionerebbero | they would impress |
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 | impressionerò | I will impress |
| tu | impressionerai | you will impress |
| lui/lei | impressionerà | he/she/it will impress |
| noi | impressioneremo | we will impress |
| voi | impressionerete | you (pl.) will impress |
| loro | impressioneranno | they will impress |
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 impressionato | I have impressed |
| tu | hai impressionato | you have impressed |
| lui/lei | ha impressionato | he/she/it has impressed |
| noi | abbiamo impressionato | we have impressed |
| voi | avete impressionato | you (pl.) have impressed |
| loro | hanno impressionato | they have impressed |
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 impressionato | I had impressed |
| tu | avevi impressionato | you had impressed |
| lui/lei | aveva impressionato | he/she/it had impressed |
| noi | avevamo impressionato | we had impressed |
| voi | avevate impressionato | you (pl.) had impressed |
| loro | avevano impressionato | they had impressed |
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 impressionato |
| tu | avresti impressionato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe impressionato |
| noi | avremmo impressionato |
| voi | avreste impressionato |
| loro | avrebbero impressionato |
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 impressionato | I will have impressed |
| tu | avrai impressionato | you will have impressed |
| lui/lei | avrà impressionato | he/she/it will have impressed |
| noi | avremo impressionato | we will have impressed |
| voi | avrete impressionato | you (pl.) will have impressed |
| loro | avranno impressionato | they will have impressed |
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 | impressioni |
| tu | impressioni |
| lui/lei | impressioni |
| noi | impressioniamo |
| voi | impressioniate |
| loro | impressionino |
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 | impressionassi |
| tu | impressionassi |
| lui/lei | impressionasse |
| noi | impressionassimo |
| voi | impressionaste |
| loro | impressionassero |
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 | impressiona |
| lui/lei | impressioni |
| noi | impressioniamo |
| voi | impressionate |
| loro | impressionino |
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 impressionare |
| lui/lei | non impressioni |
| noi | non impressioniamo |
| voi | non impressionate |
| loro | non impressionino |