privare — Italian conjugation
to deprive
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 | privo | I deprive |
| tu | privi | you deprive |
| lui/lei | priva | he/she/it deprives |
| noi | priviamo | we deprive |
| voi | private | you (pl.) deprive |
| loro | privano | they deprive |
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 | privai | I deprived |
| tu | privasti | you deprived |
| lui/lei | privò | he/she/it deprived |
| noi | privammo | we deprived |
| voi | privaste | you (pl.) deprived |
| loro | privarono | they deprived |
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 | privavo |
| tu | privavi |
| lui/lei | privava |
| noi | privavamo |
| voi | privavate |
| loro | privavano |
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 | priverei | I would deprive |
| tu | priveresti | you would deprive |
| lui/lei | priverebbe | he/she/it would deprive |
| noi | priveremmo | we would deprive |
| voi | privereste | you (pl.) would deprive |
| loro | priverebbero | they would deprive |
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 | priverò | I will deprive |
| tu | priverai | you will deprive |
| lui/lei | priverà | he/she/it will deprive |
| noi | priveremo | we will deprive |
| voi | priverete | you (pl.) will deprive |
| loro | priveranno | they will deprive |
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 privato | I have deprived |
| tu | hai privato | you have deprived |
| lui/lei | ha privato | he/she/it has deprived |
| noi | abbiamo privato | we have deprived |
| voi | avete privato | you (pl.) have deprived |
| loro | hanno privato | they have deprived |
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 privato | I had deprived |
| tu | avevi privato | you had deprived |
| lui/lei | aveva privato | he/she/it had deprived |
| noi | avevamo privato | we had deprived |
| voi | avevate privato | you (pl.) had deprived |
| loro | avevano privato | they had deprived |
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 privato |
| tu | avresti privato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe privato |
| noi | avremmo privato |
| voi | avreste privato |
| loro | avrebbero privato |
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 privato | I will have deprived |
| tu | avrai privato | you will have deprived |
| lui/lei | avrà privato | he/she/it will have deprived |
| noi | avremo privato | we will have deprived |
| voi | avrete privato | you (pl.) will have deprived |
| loro | avranno privato | they will have deprived |
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 | privi |
| tu | privi |
| lui/lei | privi |
| noi | priviamo |
| voi | priviate |
| loro | privino |
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 | privassi |
| tu | privassi |
| lui/lei | privasse |
| noi | privassimo |
| voi | privaste |
| loro | privassero |
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 | priva |
| lui/lei | privi |
| noi | priviamo |
| voi | private |
| loro | privino |
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 privare |
| lui/lei | non privi |
| noi | non priviamo |
| voi | non private |
| loro | non privino |