liberare — Italian conjugation
to free
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 | libero | I free |
| tu | liberi | you free |
| lui/lei | libera | he/she/it frees |
| noi | liberiamo | we free |
| voi | liberate | you (pl.) free |
| loro | liberano | they free |
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 | liberai | I freed |
| tu | liberasti | you freed |
| lui/lei | liberò | he/she/it freed |
| noi | liberammo | we freed |
| voi | liberaste | you (pl.) freed |
| loro | liberarono | they freed |
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 | liberavo |
| tu | liberavi |
| lui/lei | liberava |
| noi | liberavamo |
| voi | liberavate |
| loro | liberavano |
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 | libererei | I would free |
| tu | libereresti | you would free |
| lui/lei | libererebbe | he/she/it would free |
| noi | libereremmo | we would free |
| voi | liberereste | you (pl.) would free |
| loro | libererebbero | they would free |
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 | libererò | I will free |
| tu | libererai | you will free |
| lui/lei | libererà | he/she/it will free |
| noi | libereremo | we will free |
| voi | libererete | you (pl.) will free |
| loro | libereranno | they will free |
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 liberato | I have freed |
| tu | hai liberato | you have freed |
| lui/lei | ha liberato | he/she/it has freed |
| noi | abbiamo liberato | we have freed |
| voi | avete liberato | you (pl.) have freed |
| loro | hanno liberato | they have freed |
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 liberato | I had freed |
| tu | avevi liberato | you had freed |
| lui/lei | aveva liberato | he/she/it had freed |
| noi | avevamo liberato | we had freed |
| voi | avevate liberato | you (pl.) had freed |
| loro | avevano liberato | they had freed |
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 liberato |
| tu | avresti liberato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe liberato |
| noi | avremmo liberato |
| voi | avreste liberato |
| loro | avrebbero liberato |
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 liberato | I will have freed |
| tu | avrai liberato | you will have freed |
| lui/lei | avrà liberato | he/she/it will have freed |
| noi | avremo liberato | we will have freed |
| voi | avrete liberato | you (pl.) will have freed |
| loro | avranno liberato | they will have freed |
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 | liberi |
| tu | liberi |
| lui/lei | liberi |
| noi | liberiamo |
| voi | liberiate |
| loro | liberino |
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 | liberassi |
| tu | liberassi |
| lui/lei | liberasse |
| noi | liberassimo |
| voi | liberaste |
| loro | liberassero |
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 | libera |
| lui/lei | liberi |
| noi | liberiamo |
| voi | liberate |
| loro | liberino |
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 liberare |
| lui/lei | non liberi |
| noi | non liberiamo |
| voi | non liberate |
| loro | non liberino |