intercettare — Italian conjugation
to intercept
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 | intercetto | I intercept |
| tu | intercetti | you intercept |
| lui/lei | intercetta | he/she/it intercepts |
| noi | intercettiamo | we intercept |
| voi | intercettate | you (pl.) intercept |
| loro | intercettano | they intercept |
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 | intercettai | I intercepted |
| tu | intercettasti | you intercepted |
| lui/lei | intercettò | he/she/it intercepted |
| noi | intercettammo | we intercepted |
| voi | intercettaste | you (pl.) intercepted |
| loro | intercettarono | they intercepted |
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 | intercettavo |
| tu | intercettavi |
| lui/lei | intercettava |
| noi | intercettavamo |
| voi | intercettavate |
| loro | intercettavano |
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 | intercetterei | I would intercept |
| tu | intercetteresti | you would intercept |
| lui/lei | intercetterebbe | he/she/it would intercept |
| noi | intercetteremmo | we would intercept |
| voi | intercettereste | you (pl.) would intercept |
| loro | intercetterebbero | they would intercept |
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 | intercetterò | I will intercept |
| tu | intercetterai | you will intercept |
| lui/lei | intercetterà | he/she/it will intercept |
| noi | intercetteremo | we will intercept |
| voi | intercetterete | you (pl.) will intercept |
| loro | intercetteranno | they will intercept |
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 intercettato | I have intercepted |
| tu | hai intercettato | you have intercepted |
| lui/lei | ha intercettato | he/she/it has intercepted |
| noi | abbiamo intercettato | we have intercepted |
| voi | avete intercettato | you (pl.) have intercepted |
| loro | hanno intercettato | they have intercepted |
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 intercettato | I had intercepted |
| tu | avevi intercettato | you had intercepted |
| lui/lei | aveva intercettato | he/she/it had intercepted |
| noi | avevamo intercettato | we had intercepted |
| voi | avevate intercettato | you (pl.) had intercepted |
| loro | avevano intercettato | they had intercepted |
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 intercettato |
| tu | avresti intercettato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe intercettato |
| noi | avremmo intercettato |
| voi | avreste intercettato |
| loro | avrebbero intercettato |
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 intercettato | I will have intercepted |
| tu | avrai intercettato | you will have intercepted |
| lui/lei | avrà intercettato | he/she/it will have intercepted |
| noi | avremo intercettato | we will have intercepted |
| voi | avrete intercettato | you (pl.) will have intercepted |
| loro | avranno intercettato | they will have intercepted |
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 | intercetti |
| tu | intercetti |
| lui/lei | intercetti |
| noi | intercettiamo |
| voi | intercettiate |
| loro | intercettino |
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 | intercettassi |
| tu | intercettassi |
| lui/lei | intercettasse |
| noi | intercettassimo |
| voi | intercettaste |
| loro | intercettassero |
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 | intercetta |
| lui/lei | intercetti |
| noi | intercettiamo |
| voi | intercettate |
| loro | intercettino |
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 intercettare |
| lui/lei | non intercetti |
| noi | non intercettiamo |
| voi | non intercettate |
| loro | non intercettino |