incriminare — Italian conjugation
to incriminate
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 | incrimino | I incriminate |
| tu | incrimini | you incriminate |
| lui/lei | incrimina | he/she/it incriminates |
| noi | incriminiamo | we incriminate |
| voi | incriminate | you (pl.) incriminate |
| loro | incriminano | they incriminate |
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 | incriminai | I incriminated |
| tu | incriminasti | you incriminated |
| lui/lei | incriminò | he/she/it incriminated |
| noi | incriminammo | we incriminated |
| voi | incriminaste | you (pl.) incriminated |
| loro | incriminarono | they incriminated |
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 | incriminavo |
| tu | incriminavi |
| lui/lei | incriminava |
| noi | incriminavamo |
| voi | incriminavate |
| loro | incriminavano |
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 | incriminerei | I would incriminate |
| tu | incrimineresti | you would incriminate |
| lui/lei | incriminerebbe | he/she/it would incriminate |
| noi | incrimineremmo | we would incriminate |
| voi | incriminereste | you (pl.) would incriminate |
| loro | incriminerebbero | they would incriminate |
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 | incriminerò | I will incriminate |
| tu | incriminerai | you will incriminate |
| lui/lei | incriminerà | he/she/it will incriminate |
| noi | incrimineremo | we will incriminate |
| voi | incriminerete | you (pl.) will incriminate |
| loro | incrimineranno | they will incriminate |
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 incriminato | I have incriminated |
| tu | hai incriminato | you have incriminated |
| lui/lei | ha incriminato | he/she/it has incriminated |
| noi | abbiamo incriminato | we have incriminated |
| voi | avete incriminato | you (pl.) have incriminated |
| loro | hanno incriminato | they have incriminated |
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 incriminato | I had incriminated |
| tu | avevi incriminato | you had incriminated |
| lui/lei | aveva incriminato | he/she/it had incriminated |
| noi | avevamo incriminato | we had incriminated |
| voi | avevate incriminato | you (pl.) had incriminated |
| loro | avevano incriminato | they had incriminated |
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 incriminato |
| tu | avresti incriminato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe incriminato |
| noi | avremmo incriminato |
| voi | avreste incriminato |
| loro | avrebbero incriminato |
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 incriminato | I will have incriminated |
| tu | avrai incriminato | you will have incriminated |
| lui/lei | avrà incriminato | he/she/it will have incriminated |
| noi | avremo incriminato | we will have incriminated |
| voi | avrete incriminato | you (pl.) will have incriminated |
| loro | avranno incriminato | they will have incriminated |
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 | incrimini |
| tu | incrimini |
| lui/lei | incrimini |
| noi | incriminiamo |
| voi | incriminiate |
| loro | incriminino |
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 | incriminassi |
| tu | incriminassi |
| lui/lei | incriminasse |
| noi | incriminassimo |
| voi | incriminaste |
| loro | incriminassero |
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 | incrimina |
| lui/lei | incrimini |
| noi | incriminiamo |
| voi | incriminate |
| loro | incriminino |
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 incriminare |
| lui/lei | non incrimini |
| noi | non incriminiamo |
| voi | non incriminate |
| loro | non incriminino |