reclutare — Italian conjugation
to recruit
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 | recluto | I recruit |
| tu | recluti | you recruit |
| lui/lei | recluta | he/she/it recruits |
| noi | reclutiamo | we recruit |
| voi | reclutate | you (pl.) recruit |
| loro | reclutano | they recruit |
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 | reclutai | I recruited |
| tu | reclutasti | you recruited |
| lui/lei | reclutò | he/she/it recruited |
| noi | reclutammo | we recruited |
| voi | reclutaste | you (pl.) recruited |
| loro | reclutarono | they recruited |
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 | reclutavo |
| tu | reclutavi |
| lui/lei | reclutava |
| noi | reclutavamo |
| voi | reclutavate |
| loro | reclutavano |
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 | recluterei | I would recruit |
| tu | recluteresti | you would recruit |
| lui/lei | recluterebbe | he/she/it would recruit |
| noi | recluteremmo | we would recruit |
| voi | reclutereste | you (pl.) would recruit |
| loro | recluterebbero | they would recruit |
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 | recluterò | I will recruit |
| tu | recluterai | you will recruit |
| lui/lei | recluterà | he/she/it will recruit |
| noi | recluteremo | we will recruit |
| voi | recluterete | you (pl.) will recruit |
| loro | recluteranno | they will recruit |
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 reclutato | I have recruited |
| tu | hai reclutato | you have recruited |
| lui/lei | ha reclutato | he/she/it has recruited |
| noi | abbiamo reclutato | we have recruited |
| voi | avete reclutato | you (pl.) have recruited |
| loro | hanno reclutato | they have recruited |
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 reclutato | I had recruited |
| tu | avevi reclutato | you had recruited |
| lui/lei | aveva reclutato | he/she/it had recruited |
| noi | avevamo reclutato | we had recruited |
| voi | avevate reclutato | you (pl.) had recruited |
| loro | avevano reclutato | they had recruited |
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 reclutato |
| tu | avresti reclutato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe reclutato |
| noi | avremmo reclutato |
| voi | avreste reclutato |
| loro | avrebbero reclutato |
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 reclutato | I will have recruited |
| tu | avrai reclutato | you will have recruited |
| lui/lei | avrà reclutato | he/she/it will have recruited |
| noi | avremo reclutato | we will have recruited |
| voi | avrete reclutato | you (pl.) will have recruited |
| loro | avranno reclutato | they will have recruited |
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 | recluti |
| tu | recluti |
| lui/lei | recluti |
| noi | reclutiamo |
| voi | reclutiate |
| loro | reclutino |
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 | reclutassi |
| tu | reclutassi |
| lui/lei | reclutasse |
| noi | reclutassimo |
| voi | reclutaste |
| loro | reclutassero |
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 | recluta |
| lui/lei | recluti |
| noi | reclutiamo |
| voi | reclutate |
| loro | reclutino |
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 reclutare |
| lui/lei | non recluti |
| noi | non reclutiamo |
| voi | non reclutate |
| loro | non reclutino |