pescare — Italian conjugation
to fish
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | pesco | I fish |
| tu | peschi | you fish |
| lui/lei | pesca | he/she/it fishes |
| noi | peschiamo | we fish |
| voi | pescate | you (pl.) fish |
| loro | pescano | they fish |
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 | pescai | I fished |
| tu | pescasti | you fished |
| lui/lei | pescò | he/she/it fished |
| noi | pescammo | we fished |
| voi | pescaste | you (pl.) fished |
| loro | pescarono | they fished |
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 | pescavo |
| tu | pescavi |
| lui/lei | pescava |
| noi | pescavamo |
| voi | pescavate |
| loro | pescavano |
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 | pescherei | I would fish |
| tu | pescheresti | you would fish |
| lui/lei | pescherebbe | he/she/it would fish |
| noi | pescheremmo | we would fish |
| voi | peschereste | you (pl.) would fish |
| loro | pescherebbero | they would fish |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | pescherò | I will fish |
| tu | pescherai | you will fish |
| lui/lei | pescherà | he/she/it will fish |
| noi | pescheremo | we will fish |
| voi | pescherete | you (pl.) will fish |
| loro | pescheranno | they will fish |
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 pescato | I have fished |
| tu | hai pescato | you have fished |
| lui/lei | ha pescato | he/she/it has fished |
| noi | abbiamo pescato | we have fished |
| voi | avete pescato | you (pl.) have fished |
| loro | hanno pescato | they have fished |
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 pescato | I had fished |
| tu | avevi pescato | you had fished |
| lui/lei | aveva pescato | he/she/it had fished |
| noi | avevamo pescato | we had fished |
| voi | avevate pescato | you (pl.) had fished |
| loro | avevano pescato | they had fished |
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 pescato |
| tu | avresti pescato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe pescato |
| noi | avremmo pescato |
| voi | avreste pescato |
| loro | avrebbero pescato |
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 pescato | I will have fished |
| tu | avrai pescato | you will have fished |
| lui/lei | avrà pescato | he/she/it will have fished |
| noi | avremo pescato | we will have fished |
| voi | avrete pescato | you (pl.) will have fished |
| loro | avranno pescato | they will have fished |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | peschi |
| tu | peschi |
| lui/lei | peschi |
| noi | peschiamo |
| voi | peschiate |
| loro | peschino |
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 | pescassi |
| tu | pescassi |
| lui/lei | pescasse |
| noi | pescassimo |
| voi | pescaste |
| loro | pescassero |
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 | pesca |
| lui/lei | peschi |
| noi | peschiamo |
| voi | pescate |
| loro | peschino |
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 pescare |
| lui/lei | non peschi |
| noi | non peschiamo |
| voi | non pescate |
| loro | non peschino |