ridare — Italian conjugation
to give back
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 | ridò | I give back |
| tu | ridai | you give back |
| lui/lei | ridà | he/she/it gives back |
| noi | ridiamo | we give back |
| voi | ridate | you (pl.) give back |
| loro | ridanno | they give back |
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 | ridiedi | I gave back |
| tu | ridesti | you gave back |
| lui/lei | ridiede | he/she/it gave back |
| noi | ridemmo | we gave back |
| voi | rideste | you (pl.) gave back |
| loro | ridiedero | they gave back |
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 | ridavo |
| tu | ridavi |
| lui/lei | ridava |
| noi | ridavamo |
| voi | ridavate |
| loro | ridavano |
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 | ridarei | I would give back |
| tu | ridaresti | you would give back |
| lui/lei | ridarebbe | he/she/it would give back |
| noi | ridaremmo | we would give back |
| voi | ridareste | you (pl.) would give back |
| loro | ridarebbero | they would give back |
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 | ridarò | I will give back |
| tu | ridarai | you will give back |
| lui/lei | ridarà | he/she/it will give back |
| noi | ridaremo | we will give back |
| voi | ridarete | you (pl.) will give back |
| loro | ridaranno | they will give back |
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 ridato | I have given back |
| tu | hai ridato | you have given back |
| lui/lei | ha ridato | he/she/it has given back |
| noi | abbiamo ridato | we have given back |
| voi | avete ridato | you (pl.) have given back |
| loro | hanno ridato | they have given back |
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 ridato | I had given back |
| tu | avevi ridato | you had given back |
| lui/lei | aveva ridato | he/she/it had given back |
| noi | avevamo ridato | we had given back |
| voi | avevate ridato | you (pl.) had given back |
| loro | avevano ridato | they had given back |
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 ridato |
| tu | avresti ridato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe ridato |
| noi | avremmo ridato |
| voi | avreste ridato |
| loro | avrebbero ridato |
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 ridato | I will have given back |
| tu | avrai ridato | you will have given back |
| lui/lei | avrà ridato | he/she/it will have given back |
| noi | avremo ridato | we will have given back |
| voi | avrete ridato | you (pl.) will have given back |
| loro | avranno ridato | they will have given back |
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 | ridia |
| tu | ridia |
| lui/lei | ridia |
| noi | ridiamo |
| voi | ridiate |
| loro | ridiano |
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 | ridessi |
| tu | ridessi |
| lui/lei | ridesse |
| noi | ridessimo |
| voi | rideste |
| loro | ridessero |
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 | rida' |
| lui/lei | ridia |
| noi | ridiamo |
| voi | ridate |
| loro | ridiano |
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 ridare |
| lui/lei | non ridia |
| noi | non ridiamo |
| voi | non ridate |
| loro | non ridiano |