rettificare — Italian conjugation

to rectify

Frequency#1002Irregular

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	rettifico	I rectify
tu	rettifichi	you rectify
lui/lei	rettifica	he/she/it rectifies
noi	rettifichiamo	we rectify
voi	rettificate	you (pl.) rectify
loro	rettificano	they rectify

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	rettificai	I rectified
tu	rettificasti	you rectified
lui/lei	rettificò	he/she/it rectified
noi	rettificammo	we rectified
voi	rettificaste	you (pl.) rectified
loro	rettificarono	they rectified

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	rettificavo
tu	rettificavi
lui/lei	rettificava
noi	rettificavamo
voi	rettificavate
loro	rettificavano

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	rettificherei	I would rectify
tu	rettificheresti	you would rectify
lui/lei	rettificherebbe	he/she/it would rectify
noi	rettificheremmo	we would rectify
voi	rettifichereste	you (pl.) would rectify
loro	rettificherebbero	they would rectify

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	rettificherò	I will rectify
tu	rettificherai	you will rectify
lui/lei	rettificherà	he/she/it will rectify
noi	rettificheremo	we will rectify
voi	rettificherete	you (pl.) will rectify
loro	rettificheranno	they will rectify

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 rettificato	I have rectified
tu	hai rettificato	you have rectified
lui/lei	ha rettificato	he/she/it has rectified
noi	abbiamo rettificato	we have rectified
voi	avete rettificato	you (pl.) have rectified
loro	hanno rettificato	they have rectified

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 rettificato	I had rectified
tu	avevi rettificato	you had rectified
lui/lei	aveva rettificato	he/she/it had rectified
noi	avevamo rettificato	we had rectified
voi	avevate rettificato	you (pl.) had rectified
loro	avevano rettificato	they had rectified

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 rettificato
tu	avresti rettificato
lui/lei	avrebbe rettificato
noi	avremmo rettificato
voi	avreste rettificato
loro	avrebbero rettificato

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 rettificato	I will have rectified
tu	avrai rettificato	you will have rectified
lui/lei	avrà rettificato	he/she/it will have rectified
noi	avremo rettificato	we will have rectified
voi	avrete rettificato	you (pl.) will have rectified
loro	avranno rettificato	they will have rectified

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	rettifichi
tu	rettifichi
lui/lei	rettifichi
noi	rettifichiamo
voi	rettifichiate
loro	rettifichino

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	rettificassi
tu	rettificassi
lui/lei	rettificasse
noi	rettificassimo
voi	rettificaste
loro	rettificassero

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	rettifica
lui/lei	rettifichi
noi	rettifichiamo
voi	rettificate
loro	rettifichino

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 rettificare
lui/lei	non rettifichi
noi	non rettifichiamo
voi	non rettificate
loro	non rettifichino