manipolare — Italian conjugation
to manipulate
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 | manipolo | I manipulate |
| tu | manipoli | you manipulate |
| lui/lei | manipola | he/she/it manipulates |
| noi | manipoliamo | we manipulate |
| voi | manipolate | you (pl.) manipulate |
| loro | manipolano | they manipulate |
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 | manipolai | I manipulated |
| tu | manipolasti | you manipulated |
| lui/lei | manipolò | he/she/it manipulated |
| noi | manipolammo | we manipulated |
| voi | manipolaste | you (pl.) manipulated |
| loro | manipolarono | they manipulated |
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 | manipolavo |
| tu | manipolavi |
| lui/lei | manipolava |
| noi | manipolavamo |
| voi | manipolavate |
| loro | manipolavano |
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 | manipolerei | I would manipulate |
| tu | manipoleresti | you would manipulate |
| lui/lei | manipolerebbe | he/she/it would manipulate |
| noi | manipoleremmo | we would manipulate |
| voi | manipolereste | you (pl.) would manipulate |
| loro | manipolerebbero | they would manipulate |
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 | manipolerò | I will manipulate |
| tu | manipolerai | you will manipulate |
| lui/lei | manipolerà | he/she/it will manipulate |
| noi | manipoleremo | we will manipulate |
| voi | manipolerete | you (pl.) will manipulate |
| loro | manipoleranno | they will manipulate |
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 manipolato | I have manipulated |
| tu | hai manipolato | you have manipulated |
| lui/lei | ha manipolato | he/she/it has manipulated |
| noi | abbiamo manipolato | we have manipulated |
| voi | avete manipolato | you (pl.) have manipulated |
| loro | hanno manipolato | they have manipulated |
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 manipolato | I had manipulated |
| tu | avevi manipolato | you had manipulated |
| lui/lei | aveva manipolato | he/she/it had manipulated |
| noi | avevamo manipolato | we had manipulated |
| voi | avevate manipolato | you (pl.) had manipulated |
| loro | avevano manipolato | they had manipulated |
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 manipolato |
| tu | avresti manipolato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe manipolato |
| noi | avremmo manipolato |
| voi | avreste manipolato |
| loro | avrebbero manipolato |
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 manipolato | I will have manipulated |
| tu | avrai manipolato | you will have manipulated |
| lui/lei | avrà manipolato | he/she/it will have manipulated |
| noi | avremo manipolato | we will have manipulated |
| voi | avrete manipolato | you (pl.) will have manipulated |
| loro | avranno manipolato | they will have manipulated |
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 | manipoli |
| tu | manipoli |
| lui/lei | manipoli |
| noi | manipoliamo |
| voi | manipoliate |
| loro | manipolino |
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 | manipolassi |
| tu | manipolassi |
| lui/lei | manipolasse |
| noi | manipolassimo |
| voi | manipolaste |
| loro | manipolassero |
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 | manipola |
| lui/lei | manipoli |
| noi | manipoliamo |
| voi | manipolate |
| loro | manipolino |
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 manipolare |
| lui/lei | non manipoli |
| noi | non manipoliamo |
| voi | non manipolate |
| loro | non manipolino |