mutare — Italian conjugation
to change, to make different
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 | muto | I change |
| tu | muti | you change |
| lui/lei | muta | he/she/it changes |
| noi | mutiamo | we change |
| voi | mutate | you (pl.) change |
| loro | mutano | they change |
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 | mutai | I changed |
| tu | mutasti | you changed |
| lui/lei | mutò | he/she/it changed |
| noi | mutammo | we changed |
| voi | mutaste | you (pl.) changed |
| loro | mutarono | they changed |
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 | mutavo |
| tu | mutavi |
| lui/lei | mutava |
| noi | mutavamo |
| voi | mutavate |
| loro | mutavano |
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 | muterei | I would change |
| tu | muteresti | you would change |
| lui/lei | muterebbe | he/she/it would change |
| noi | muteremmo | we would change |
| voi | mutereste | you (pl.) would change |
| loro | muterebbero | they would change |
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 | muterò | I will change |
| tu | muterai | you will change |
| lui/lei | muterà | he/she/it will change |
| noi | muteremo | we will change |
| voi | muterete | you (pl.) will change |
| loro | muteranno | they will change |
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 mutato | I have changed |
| tu | hai mutato | you have changed |
| lui/lei | ha mutato | he/she/it has changed |
| noi | abbiamo mutato | we have changed |
| voi | avete mutato | you (pl.) have changed |
| loro | hanno mutato | they have changed |
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 mutato | I had changed |
| tu | avevi mutato | you had changed |
| lui/lei | aveva mutato | he/she/it had changed |
| noi | avevamo mutato | we had changed |
| voi | avevate mutato | you (pl.) had changed |
| loro | avevano mutato | they had changed |
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 mutato |
| tu | avresti mutato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe mutato |
| noi | avremmo mutato |
| voi | avreste mutato |
| loro | avrebbero mutato |
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 mutato | I will have changed |
| tu | avrai mutato | you will have changed |
| lui/lei | avrà mutato | he/she/it will have changed |
| noi | avremo mutato | we will have changed |
| voi | avrete mutato | you (pl.) will have changed |
| loro | avranno mutato | they will have changed |
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 | muti |
| tu | muti |
| lui/lei | muti |
| noi | mutiamo |
| voi | mutiate |
| loro | mutino |
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 | mutassi |
| tu | mutassi |
| lui/lei | mutasse |
| noi | mutassimo |
| voi | mutaste |
| loro | mutassero |
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 | muta |
| lui/lei | muti |
| noi | mutiamo |
| voi | mutate |
| loro | mutino |
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 mutare |
| lui/lei | non muti |
| noi | non mutiamo |
| voi | non mutate |
| loro | non mutino |