medicinare — Italian conjugation
to medicate
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 | medicino | I medicate |
| tu | medicini | you medicate |
| lui/lei | medicina | he/she/it medicates |
| noi | mediciniamo | we medicate |
| voi | medicinate | you (pl.) medicate |
| loro | medicinano | they medicate |
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 | medicinai | I medicated |
| tu | medicinasti | you medicated |
| lui/lei | medicinò | he/she/it medicated |
| noi | medicinammo | we medicated |
| voi | medicinaste | you (pl.) medicated |
| loro | medicinarono | they medicated |
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 | medicinavo |
| tu | medicinavi |
| lui/lei | medicinava |
| noi | medicinavamo |
| voi | medicinavate |
| loro | medicinavano |
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 | medicinerei | I would medicate |
| tu | medicineresti | you would medicate |
| lui/lei | medicinerebbe | he/she/it would medicate |
| noi | medicineremmo | we would medicate |
| voi | medicinereste | you (pl.) would medicate |
| loro | medicinerebbero | they would medicate |
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 | medicinerò | I will medicate |
| tu | medicinerai | you will medicate |
| lui/lei | medicinerà | he/she/it will medicate |
| noi | medicineremo | we will medicate |
| voi | medicinerete | you (pl.) will medicate |
| loro | medicineranno | they will medicate |
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 medicinato | I have medicated |
| tu | hai medicinato | you have medicated |
| lui/lei | ha medicinato | he/she/it has medicated |
| noi | abbiamo medicinato | we have medicated |
| voi | avete medicinato | you (pl.) have medicated |
| loro | hanno medicinato | they have medicated |
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 medicinato | I had medicated |
| tu | avevi medicinato | you had medicated |
| lui/lei | aveva medicinato | he/she/it had medicated |
| noi | avevamo medicinato | we had medicated |
| voi | avevate medicinato | you (pl.) had medicated |
| loro | avevano medicinato | they had medicated |
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 medicinato |
| tu | avresti medicinato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe medicinato |
| noi | avremmo medicinato |
| voi | avreste medicinato |
| loro | avrebbero medicinato |
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 medicinato | I will have medicated |
| tu | avrai medicinato | you will have medicated |
| lui/lei | avrà medicinato | he/she/it will have medicated |
| noi | avremo medicinato | we will have medicated |
| voi | avrete medicinato | you (pl.) will have medicated |
| loro | avranno medicinato | they will have medicated |
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 | medicini |
| tu | medicini |
| lui/lei | medicini |
| noi | mediciniamo |
| voi | mediciniate |
| loro | medicinino |
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 | medicinassi |
| tu | medicinassi |
| lui/lei | medicinasse |
| noi | medicinassimo |
| voi | medicinaste |
| loro | medicinassero |
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 | medicina |
| lui/lei | medicini |
| noi | mediciniamo |
| voi | medicinate |
| loro | medicinino |
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 medicinare |
| lui/lei | non medicini |
| noi | non mediciniamo |
| voi | non medicinate |
| loro | non medicinino |