piastrellare — Italian conjugation
to tile
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 | piastrello | I tile |
| tu | piastrelli | you tile |
| lui/lei | piastrella | he/she/it tiles |
| noi | piastrelliamo | we tile |
| voi | piastrellate | you (pl.) tile |
| loro | piastrellano | they tile |
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 | piastrellai | I tiled |
| tu | piastrellasti | you tiled |
| lui/lei | piastrellò | he/she/it tiled |
| noi | piastrellammo | we tiled |
| voi | piastrellaste | you (pl.) tiled |
| loro | piastrellarono | they tiled |
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 | piastrellavo |
| tu | piastrellavi |
| lui/lei | piastrellava |
| noi | piastrellavamo |
| voi | piastrellavate |
| loro | piastrellavano |
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 | piastrellerei | I would tile |
| tu | piastrelleresti | you would tile |
| lui/lei | piastrellerebbe | he/she/it would tile |
| noi | piastrelleremmo | we would tile |
| voi | piastrellereste | you (pl.) would tile |
| loro | piastrellerebbero | they would tile |
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 | piastrellerò | I will tile |
| tu | piastrellerai | you will tile |
| lui/lei | piastrellerà | he/she/it will tile |
| noi | piastrelleremo | we will tile |
| voi | piastrellerete | you (pl.) will tile |
| loro | piastrelleranno | they will tile |
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 piastrellato | I have tiled |
| tu | hai piastrellato | you have tiled |
| lui/lei | ha piastrellato | he/she/it has tiled |
| noi | abbiamo piastrellato | we have tiled |
| voi | avete piastrellato | you (pl.) have tiled |
| loro | hanno piastrellato | they have tiled |
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 piastrellato | I had tiled |
| tu | avevi piastrellato | you had tiled |
| lui/lei | aveva piastrellato | he/she/it had tiled |
| noi | avevamo piastrellato | we had tiled |
| voi | avevate piastrellato | you (pl.) had tiled |
| loro | avevano piastrellato | they had tiled |
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 piastrellato |
| tu | avresti piastrellato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe piastrellato |
| noi | avremmo piastrellato |
| voi | avreste piastrellato |
| loro | avrebbero piastrellato |
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 piastrellato | I will have tiled |
| tu | avrai piastrellato | you will have tiled |
| lui/lei | avrà piastrellato | he/she/it will have tiled |
| noi | avremo piastrellato | we will have tiled |
| voi | avrete piastrellato | you (pl.) will have tiled |
| loro | avranno piastrellato | they will have tiled |
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 | piastrelli |
| tu | piastrelli |
| lui/lei | piastrelli |
| noi | piastrelliamo |
| voi | piastrelliate |
| loro | piastrellino |
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 | piastrellassi |
| tu | piastrellassi |
| lui/lei | piastrellasse |
| noi | piastrellassimo |
| voi | piastrellaste |
| loro | piastrellassero |
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 | piastrella |
| lui/lei | piastrelli |
| noi | piastrelliamo |
| voi | piastrellate |
| loro | piastrellino |
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 piastrellare |
| lui/lei | non piastrelli |
| noi | non piastrelliamo |
| voi | non piastrellate |
| loro | non piastrellino |