liquidare — Italian conjugation
to liquidate
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 | liquido | I liquidate |
| tu | liquidi | you liquidate |
| lui/lei | liquida | he/she/it liquidates |
| noi | liquidiamo | we liquidate |
| voi | liquidate | you (pl.) liquidate |
| loro | liquidano | they liquidate |
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 | liquidai | I liquidated |
| tu | liquidasti | you liquidated |
| lui/lei | liquidò | he/she/it liquidated |
| noi | liquidammo | we liquidated |
| voi | liquidaste | you (pl.) liquidated |
| loro | liquidarono | they liquidated |
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 | liquidavo |
| tu | liquidavi |
| lui/lei | liquidava |
| noi | liquidavamo |
| voi | liquidavate |
| loro | liquidavano |
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 | liquiderei | I would liquidate |
| tu | liquideresti | you would liquidate |
| lui/lei | liquiderebbe | he/she/it would liquidate |
| noi | liquideremmo | we would liquidate |
| voi | liquidereste | you (pl.) would liquidate |
| loro | liquiderebbero | they would liquidate |
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 | liquiderò | I will liquidate |
| tu | liquiderai | you will liquidate |
| lui/lei | liquiderà | he/she/it will liquidate |
| noi | liquideremo | we will liquidate |
| voi | liquiderete | you (pl.) will liquidate |
| loro | liquideranno | they will liquidate |
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 liquidato | I have liquidated |
| tu | hai liquidato | you have liquidated |
| lui/lei | ha liquidato | he/she/it has liquidated |
| noi | abbiamo liquidato | we have liquidated |
| voi | avete liquidato | you (pl.) have liquidated |
| loro | hanno liquidato | they have liquidated |
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 liquidato | I had liquidated |
| tu | avevi liquidato | you had liquidated |
| lui/lei | aveva liquidato | he/she/it had liquidated |
| noi | avevamo liquidato | we had liquidated |
| voi | avevate liquidato | you (pl.) had liquidated |
| loro | avevano liquidato | they had liquidated |
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 liquidato |
| tu | avresti liquidato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe liquidato |
| noi | avremmo liquidato |
| voi | avreste liquidato |
| loro | avrebbero liquidato |
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 liquidato | I will have liquidated |
| tu | avrai liquidato | you will have liquidated |
| lui/lei | avrà liquidato | he/she/it will have liquidated |
| noi | avremo liquidato | we will have liquidated |
| voi | avrete liquidato | you (pl.) will have liquidated |
| loro | avranno liquidato | they will have liquidated |
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 | liquidi |
| tu | liquidi |
| lui/lei | liquidi |
| noi | liquidiamo |
| voi | liquidiate |
| loro | liquidino |
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 | liquidassi |
| tu | liquidassi |
| lui/lei | liquidasse |
| noi | liquidassimo |
| voi | liquidaste |
| loro | liquidassero |
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 | liquida |
| lui/lei | liquidi |
| noi | liquidiamo |
| voi | liquidate |
| loro | liquidino |
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 liquidare |
| lui/lei | non liquidi |
| noi | non liquidiamo |
| voi | non liquidate |
| loro | non liquidino |