piovere — Italian conjugation

to rain

Frequency#159IrregularAuxiliaryessere

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
iopiovoI rain
tupioviyou rain
lui/leipiovehe/she/it rains
noipioviamowe rain
voipioveteyou (pl.) rain
loropiovonothey rain

Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular

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
iopiovviI rained
tupiovestiyou rained
lui/leipiovvehe/she/it rained
noipiovemmowe rained
voipiovesteyou (pl.) rained
loropiovverothey rained

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
iopiovevo
tupiovevi
lui/leipioveva
noipiovevamo
voipiovevate
loropiovevano

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
iopiovereiI would rain
tupioverestiyou would rain
lui/leipioverebbehe/she/it would rain
noipioveremmowe would rain
voipioveresteyou (pl.) would rain
loropioverebberothey would rain

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
iopioveròI will rain
tupioveraiyou will rain
lui/leipioveràhe/she/it will rain
noipioveremowe will rain
voipiovereteyou (pl.) will rain
loropioverannothey will rain

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
iosono piovuto/aI have rained
tusei piovuto/ayou have rained
lui/leiè piovuto/ahe/she/it has rained
noisiamo piovuti/ewe have rained
voisiete piovuti/eyou (pl.) have rained
lorosono piovuti/ethey have rained

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
ioero piovuto/aI had rained
tueri piovuto/ayou had rained
lui/leiera piovuto/ahe/she/it had rained
noieravamo piovuti/ewe had rained
voieravate piovuti/eyou (pl.) had rained
loroerano piovuti/ethey had rained

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
iosarei piovuto/a
tusaresti piovuto/a
lui/leisarebbe piovuto/a
noisaremmo piovuti/e
voisareste piovuti/e
lorosarebbero piovuti/e

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
iosarò piovuto/aI will have rained
tusarai piovuto/ayou will have rained
lui/leisarà piovuto/ahe/she/it will have rained
noisaremo piovuti/ewe will have rained
voisarete piovuti/eyou (pl.) will have rained
lorosaranno piovuti/ethey will have rained

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
iopiova
tupiova
lui/leipiova
noipioviamo
voipioviate
loropiovano

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
iopiovessi
tupiovessi
lui/leipiovesse
noipiovessimo
voipioveste
loropiovessero

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
tupiovi
lui/leipiova
noipioviamo
voipiovete
loropiovano

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 piovere
lui/leinon piova
noinon pioviamo
voinon piovete
loronon piovano