infilare — Italian conjugation
to insert, to tuck in
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 | infilo | I insert |
| tu | infili | you insert |
| lui/lei | infila | he/she/it inserts |
| noi | infiliamo | we insert |
| voi | infilate | you (pl.) insert |
| loro | infilano | they insert |
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 | infilai | I inserted |
| tu | infilasti | you inserted |
| lui/lei | infilò | he/she/it inserted |
| noi | infilammo | we inserted |
| voi | infilaste | you (pl.) inserted |
| loro | infilarono | they inserted |
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 | infilavo |
| tu | infilavi |
| lui/lei | infilava |
| noi | infilavamo |
| voi | infilavate |
| loro | infilavano |
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 | infilerei | I would insert |
| tu | infileresti | you would insert |
| lui/lei | infilerebbe | he/she/it would insert |
| noi | infileremmo | we would insert |
| voi | infilereste | you (pl.) would insert |
| loro | infilerebbero | they would insert |
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 | infilerò | I will insert |
| tu | infilerai | you will insert |
| lui/lei | infilerà | he/she/it will insert |
| noi | infileremo | we will insert |
| voi | infilerete | you (pl.) will insert |
| loro | infileranno | they will insert |
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 infilato | I have inserted |
| tu | hai infilato | you have inserted |
| lui/lei | ha infilato | he/she/it has inserted |
| noi | abbiamo infilato | we have inserted |
| voi | avete infilato | you (pl.) have inserted |
| loro | hanno infilato | they have inserted |
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 infilato | I had inserted |
| tu | avevi infilato | you had inserted |
| lui/lei | aveva infilato | he/she/it had inserted |
| noi | avevamo infilato | we had inserted |
| voi | avevate infilato | you (pl.) had inserted |
| loro | avevano infilato | they had inserted |
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 infilato |
| tu | avresti infilato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe infilato |
| noi | avremmo infilato |
| voi | avreste infilato |
| loro | avrebbero infilato |
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 infilato | I will have inserted |
| tu | avrai infilato | you will have inserted |
| lui/lei | avrà infilato | he/she/it will have inserted |
| noi | avremo infilato | we will have inserted |
| voi | avrete infilato | you (pl.) will have inserted |
| loro | avranno infilato | they will have inserted |
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 | infili |
| tu | infili |
| lui/lei | infili |
| noi | infiliamo |
| voi | infiliate |
| loro | infilino |
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 | infilassi |
| tu | infilassi |
| lui/lei | infilasse |
| noi | infilassimo |
| voi | infilaste |
| loro | infilassero |
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 | infila |
| lui/lei | infili |
| noi | infiliamo |
| voi | infilate |
| loro | infilino |
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 infilare |
| lui/lei | non infili |
| noi | non infiliamo |
| voi | non infilate |
| loro | non infilino |