interagire — Italian conjugation

to interact

Frequency#752Regular

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
iointeragiscoI interact
tuinteragisciyou interact
lui/leiinteragiscehe/she/it interacts
noiinteragiamowe interact
voiinteragiteyou (pl.) interact
lorointeragisconothey interact

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
iointeragiiI interacted
tuinteragistiyou interacted
lui/leiinteragìhe/she/it interacted
noiinteragimmowe interacted
voiinteragisteyou (pl.) interacted
lorointeragironothey interacted

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
iointeragivo
tuinteragivi
lui/leiinteragiva
noiinteragivamo
voiinteragivate
lorointeragivano

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
iointeragireiI would interact
tuinteragirestiyou would interact
lui/leiinteragirebbehe/she/it would interact
noiinteragiremmowe would interact
voiinteragiresteyou (pl.) would interact
lorointeragirebberothey would interact

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
iointeragiròI will interact
tuinteragiraiyou will interact
lui/leiinteragiràhe/she/it will interact
noiinteragiremowe will interact
voiinteragireteyou (pl.) will interact
lorointeragirannothey will interact

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 interagitoI have interacted
tuhai interagitoyou have interacted
lui/leiha interagitohe/she/it has interacted
noiabbiamo interagitowe have interacted
voiavete interagitoyou (pl.) have interacted
lorohanno interagitothey have interacted

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 interagitoI had interacted
tuavevi interagitoyou had interacted
lui/leiaveva interagitohe/she/it had interacted
noiavevamo interagitowe had interacted
voiavevate interagitoyou (pl.) had interacted
loroavevano interagitothey had interacted

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 interagito
tuavresti interagito
lui/leiavrebbe interagito
noiavremmo interagito
voiavreste interagito
loroavrebbero interagito

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 interagitoI will have interacted
tuavrai interagitoyou will have interacted
lui/leiavrà interagitohe/she/it will have interacted
noiavremo interagitowe will have interacted
voiavrete interagitoyou (pl.) will have interacted
loroavranno interagitothey will have interacted

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
iointeragisca
tuinteragisca
lui/leiinteragisca
noiinteragiamo
voiinteragiate
lorointeragiscano

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
iointeragissi
tuinteragissi
lui/leiinteragisse
noiinteragissimo
voiinteragiste
lorointeragissero

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
tuinteragisci
lui/leiinteragisca
noiinteragiamo
voiinteragite
lorointeragiscano

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 interagire
lui/leinon interagisca
noinon interagiamo
voinon interagite
loronon interagiscano