interrompere — Italian conjugation

to interrupt

Frequency#360Irregular

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
iointerrompoI interrupt
tuinterrompiyou interrupt
lui/leiinterrompehe/she/it interrupts
noiinterrompiamowe interrupt
voiinterrompeteyou (pl.) interrupt
lorointerromponothey interrupt

Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular

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
iointerruppiI interrupted
tuinterrompestiyou interrupted
lui/leiinterruppehe/she/it interrupted
noiinterrompemmowe interrupted
voiinterrompesteyou (pl.) interrupted
lorointerrupperothey interrupted

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
iointerrompevo
tuinterrompevi
lui/leiinterrompeva
noiinterrompevamo
voiinterrompevate
lorointerrompevano

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
iointerrompereiI would interrupt
tuinterromperestiyou would interrupt
lui/leiinterromperebbehe/she/it would interrupt
noiinterromperemmowe would interrupt
voiinterromperesteyou (pl.) would interrupt
lorointerromperebberothey would interrupt

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
iointerromperòI will interrupt
tuinterromperaiyou will interrupt
lui/leiinterromperàhe/she/it will interrupt
noiinterromperemowe will interrupt
voiinterrompereteyou (pl.) will interrupt
lorointerromperannothey will interrupt

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 interrottoI have interrupted
tuhai interrottoyou have interrupted
lui/leiha interrottohe/she/it has interrupted
noiabbiamo interrottowe have interrupted
voiavete interrottoyou (pl.) have interrupted
lorohanno interrottothey have interrupted

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 interrottoI had interrupted
tuavevi interrottoyou had interrupted
lui/leiaveva interrottohe/she/it had interrupted
noiavevamo interrottowe had interrupted
voiavevate interrottoyou (pl.) had interrupted
loroavevano interrottothey had interrupted

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 interrotto
tuavresti interrotto
lui/leiavrebbe interrotto
noiavremmo interrotto
voiavreste interrotto
loroavrebbero interrotto

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 interrottoI will have interrupted
tuavrai interrottoyou will have interrupted
lui/leiavrà interrottohe/she/it will have interrupted
noiavremo interrottowe will have interrupted
voiavrete interrottoyou (pl.) will have interrupted
loroavranno interrottothey will have interrupted

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
iointerrompa
tuinterrompa
lui/leiinterrompa
noiinterrompiamo
voiinterrompiate
lorointerrompano

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
iointerrompessi
tuinterrompessi
lui/leiinterrompesse
noiinterrompessimo
voiinterrompeste
lorointerrompessero

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
tuinterrompi
lui/leiinterrompa
noiinterrompiamo
voiinterrompete
lorointerrompano

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 interrompere
lui/leinon interrompa
noinon interrompiamo
voinon interrompete
loronon interrompano