mostrare — Italian conjugation

to show

Frequency#41Regular

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
iomostroI show
tumostriyou show
lui/leimostrahe/she/it shows
noimostriamowe show
voimostrateyou (pl.) show
loromostranothey show

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
iomostraiI showed
tumostrastiyou showed
lui/leimostròhe/she/it showed
noimostrammowe showed
voimostrasteyou (pl.) showed
loromostraronothey showed

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
iomostravo
tumostravi
lui/leimostrava
noimostravamo
voimostravate
loromostravano

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
iomostrereiI would show
tumostrerestiyou would show
lui/leimostrerebbehe/she/it would show
noimostreremmowe would show
voimostreresteyou (pl.) would show
loromostrerebberothey would show

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
iomostreròI will show
tumostreraiyou will show
lui/leimostreràhe/she/it will show
noimostreremowe will show
voimostrereteyou (pl.) will show
loromostrerannothey will show

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 mostratoI have shown
tuhai mostratoyou have shown
lui/leiha mostratohe/she/it has shown
noiabbiamo mostratowe have shown
voiavete mostratoyou (pl.) have shown
lorohanno mostratothey have shown

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 mostratoI had shown
tuavevi mostratoyou had shown
lui/leiaveva mostratohe/she/it had shown
noiavevamo mostratowe had shown
voiavevate mostratoyou (pl.) had shown
loroavevano mostratothey had shown

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 mostrato
tuavresti mostrato
lui/leiavrebbe mostrato
noiavremmo mostrato
voiavreste mostrato
loroavrebbero mostrato

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 mostratoI will have shown
tuavrai mostratoyou will have shown
lui/leiavrà mostratohe/she/it will have shown
noiavremo mostratowe will have shown
voiavrete mostratoyou (pl.) will have shown
loroavranno mostratothey will have shown

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
iomostri
tumostri
lui/leimostri
noimostriamo
voimostriate
loromostrino

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
iomostrassi
tumostrassi
lui/leimostrasse
noimostrassimo
voimostraste
loromostrassero

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
tumostra
lui/leimostri
noimostriamo
voimostrate
loromostrino

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 mostrare
lui/leinon mostri
noinon mostriamo
voinon mostrate
loronon mostrino