incrociare — Italian conjugation

to cross

Frequency#689Regular

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
ioincrocioI cross
tuincrociyou cross
lui/leiincrociahe/she/it crosses
noiincrociamowe cross
voiincrociateyou (pl.) cross
loroincrocianothey cross

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
ioincrociaiI crossed
tuincrociastiyou crossed
lui/leiincrociòhe/she/it crossed
noiincrociammowe crossed
voiincrociasteyou (pl.) crossed
loroincrociaronothey crossed

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
ioincrociavo
tuincrociavi
lui/leiincrociava
noiincrociavamo
voiincrociavate
loroincrociavano

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
ioincrocereiI would cross
tuincrocerestiyou would cross
lui/leiincrocerebbehe/she/it would cross
noiincroceremmowe would cross
voiincroceresteyou (pl.) would cross
loroincrocerebberothey would cross

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
ioincroceròI will cross
tuincroceraiyou will cross
lui/leiincroceràhe/she/it will cross
noiincroceremowe will cross
voiincrocereteyou (pl.) will cross
loroincrocerannothey will cross

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 incrociatoI have crossed
tuhai incrociatoyou have crossed
lui/leiha incrociatohe/she/it has crossed
noiabbiamo incrociatowe have crossed
voiavete incrociatoyou (pl.) have crossed
lorohanno incrociatothey have crossed

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 incrociatoI had crossed
tuavevi incrociatoyou had crossed
lui/leiaveva incrociatohe/she/it had crossed
noiavevamo incrociatowe had crossed
voiavevate incrociatoyou (pl.) had crossed
loroavevano incrociatothey had crossed

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 incrociato
tuavresti incrociato
lui/leiavrebbe incrociato
noiavremmo incrociato
voiavreste incrociato
loroavrebbero incrociato

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 incrociatoI will have crossed
tuavrai incrociatoyou will have crossed
lui/leiavrà incrociatohe/she/it will have crossed
noiavremo incrociatowe will have crossed
voiavrete incrociatoyou (pl.) will have crossed
loroavranno incrociatothey will have crossed

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
ioincroci
tuincroci
lui/leiincroci
noiincrociamo
voiincrociate
loroincrocino

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
ioincrociassi
tuincrociassi
lui/leiincrociasse
noiincrociassimo
voiincrociaste
loroincrociassero

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
tuincrocia
lui/leiincroci
noiincrociamo
voiincrociate
loroincrocino

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 incrociare
lui/leinon incroci
noinon incrociamo
voinon incrociate
loronon incrocino