noleggiare — Italian conjugation

to rent

Frequency#756Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
ionoleggioI rent
tunoleggiyou rent
lui/leinoleggiahe/she/it rents
noinoleggiamowe rent
voinoleggiateyou (pl.) rent
loronoleggianothey rent

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
ionoleggiaiI rented
tunoleggiastiyou rented
lui/leinoleggiòhe/she/it rented
noinoleggiammowe rented
voinoleggiasteyou (pl.) rented
loronoleggiaronothey rented

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
ionoleggiavo
tunoleggiavi
lui/leinoleggiava
noinoleggiavamo
voinoleggiavate
loronoleggiavano

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
ionoleggereiI would rent
tunoleggerestiyou would rent
lui/leinoleggerebbehe/she/it would rent
noinoleggeremmowe would rent
voinoleggeresteyou (pl.) would rent
loronoleggerebberothey would rent

Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular

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
ionoleggeròI will rent
tunoleggeraiyou will rent
lui/leinoleggeràhe/she/it will rent
noinoleggeremowe will rent
voinoleggereteyou (pl.) will rent
loronoleggerannothey will rent

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 noleggiatoI have rented
tuhai noleggiatoyou have rented
lui/leiha noleggiatohe/she/it has rented
noiabbiamo noleggiatowe have rented
voiavete noleggiatoyou (pl.) have rented
lorohanno noleggiatothey have rented

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 noleggiatoI had rented
tuavevi noleggiatoyou had rented
lui/leiaveva noleggiatohe/she/it had rented
noiavevamo noleggiatowe had rented
voiavevate noleggiatoyou (pl.) had rented
loroavevano noleggiatothey had rented

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 noleggiato
tuavresti noleggiato
lui/leiavrebbe noleggiato
noiavremmo noleggiato
voiavreste noleggiato
loroavrebbero noleggiato

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 noleggiatoI will have rented
tuavrai noleggiatoyou will have rented
lui/leiavrà noleggiatohe/she/it will have rented
noiavremo noleggiatowe will have rented
voiavrete noleggiatoyou (pl.) will have rented
loroavranno noleggiatothey will have rented

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular

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
ionoleggi
tunoleggi
lui/leinoleggi
noinoleggiamo
voinoleggiate
loronoleggino

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
ionoleggiassi
tunoleggiassi
lui/leinoleggiasse
noinoleggiassimo
voinoleggiaste
loronoleggiassero

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Irregular

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
tunoleggia
lui/leinoleggi
noinoleggiamo
voinoleggiate
loronoleggino

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Irregular

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 noleggiare
lui/leinon noleggi
noinon noleggiamo
voinon noleggiate
loronon noleggino