mescolare — Italian conjugation

to mix

Frequency#302Regular

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
iomescoloI mix
tumescoliyou mix
lui/leimescolahe/she/it mixes
noimescoliamowe mix
voimescolateyou (pl.) mix
loromescolanothey mix

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iomescolaiI mixed
tumescolastiyou mixed
lui/leimescolòhe/she/it mixed
noimescolammowe mixed
voimescolasteyou (pl.) mixed
loromescolaronothey mixed

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
iomescolavo
tumescolavi
lui/leimescolava
noimescolavamo
voimescolavate
loromescolavano

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
iomescolereiI would mix
tumescolerestiyou would mix
lui/leimescolerebbehe/she/it would mix
noimescoleremmowe would mix
voimescoleresteyou (pl.) would mix
loromescolerebberothey would mix

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
iomescoleròI will mix
tumescoleraiyou will mix
lui/leimescoleràhe/she/it will mix
noimescoleremowe will mix
voimescolereteyou (pl.) will mix
loromescolerannothey will mix

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 mescolatoI have mixed
tuhai mescolatoyou have mixed
lui/leiha mescolatohe/she/it has mixed
noiabbiamo mescolatowe have mixed
voiavete mescolatoyou (pl.) have mixed
lorohanno mescolatothey have mixed

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 mescolatoI had mixed
tuavevi mescolatoyou had mixed
lui/leiaveva mescolatohe/she/it had mixed
noiavevamo mescolatowe had mixed
voiavevate mescolatoyou (pl.) had mixed
loroavevano mescolatothey had mixed

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 mescolato
tuavresti mescolato
lui/leiavrebbe mescolato
noiavremmo mescolato
voiavreste mescolato
loroavrebbero mescolato

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 mescolatoI will have mixed
tuavrai mescolatoyou will have mixed
lui/leiavrà mescolatohe/she/it will have mixed
noiavremo mescolatowe will have mixed
voiavrete mescolatoyou (pl.) will have mixed
loroavranno mescolatothey will have mixed

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
iomescoli
tumescoli
lui/leimescoli
noimescoliamo
voimescoliate
loromescolino

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
iomescolassi
tumescolassi
lui/leimescolasse
noimescolassimo
voimescolaste
loromescolassero

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
tumescola
lui/leimescoli
noimescoliamo
voimescolate
loromescolino

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 mescolare
lui/leinon mescoli
noinon mescoliamo
voinon mescolate
loronon mescolino