infangare — Italian conjugation

to dirty

Frequency#1321Regular

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
ioinfangoI dirty
tuinfanghiyou dirty
lui/leiinfangahe/she/it dirties
noiinfanghiamowe dirty
voiinfangateyou (pl.) dirty
loroinfanganothey dirty

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
ioinfangaiI dirtied
tuinfangastiyou dirtied
lui/leiinfangòhe/she/it dirtied
noiinfangammowe dirtied
voiinfangasteyou (pl.) dirtied
loroinfangaronothey dirtied

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
ioinfangavo
tuinfangavi
lui/leiinfangava
noiinfangavamo
voiinfangavate
loroinfangavano

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
ioinfanghereiI would dirty
tuinfangherestiyou would dirty
lui/leiinfangherebbehe/she/it would dirty
noiinfangheremmowe would dirty
voiinfangheresteyou (pl.) would dirty
loroinfangherebberothey would dirty

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
ioinfangheròI will dirty
tuinfangheraiyou will dirty
lui/leiinfangheràhe/she/it will dirty
noiinfangheremowe will dirty
voiinfanghereteyou (pl.) will dirty
loroinfangherannothey will dirty

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 infangatoI have dirtied
tuhai infangatoyou have dirtied
lui/leiha infangatohe/she/it has dirtied
noiabbiamo infangatowe have dirtied
voiavete infangatoyou (pl.) have dirtied
lorohanno infangatothey have dirtied

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 infangatoI had dirtied
tuavevi infangatoyou had dirtied
lui/leiaveva infangatohe/she/it had dirtied
noiavevamo infangatowe had dirtied
voiavevate infangatoyou (pl.) had dirtied
loroavevano infangatothey had dirtied

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 infangato
tuavresti infangato
lui/leiavrebbe infangato
noiavremmo infangato
voiavreste infangato
loroavrebbero infangato

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 infangatoI will have dirtied
tuavrai infangatoyou will have dirtied
lui/leiavrà infangatohe/she/it will have dirtied
noiavremo infangatowe will have dirtied
voiavrete infangatoyou (pl.) will have dirtied
loroavranno infangatothey will have dirtied

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
ioinfanghi
tuinfanghi
lui/leiinfanghi
noiinfanghiamo
voiinfanghiate
loroinfanghino

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
ioinfangassi
tuinfangassi
lui/leiinfangasse
noiinfangassimo
voiinfangaste
loroinfangassero

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
tuinfanga
lui/leiinfanghi
noiinfanghiamo
voiinfangate
loroinfanghino

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 infangare
lui/leinon infanghi
noinon infanghiamo
voinon infangate
loronon infanghino