rilevare — Italian conjugation

to detect

Frequency#871Regular

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
iorilevoI detect
turileviyou detect
lui/leirilevahe/she/it detects
noirileviamowe detect
voirilevateyou (pl.) detect
lororilevanothey detect

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iorilevaiI detected
turilevastiyou detected
lui/leirilevòhe/she/it detected
noirilevammowe detected
voirilevasteyou (pl.) detected
lororilevaronothey detected

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
iorilevavo
turilevavi
lui/leirilevava
noirilevavamo
voirilevavate
lororilevavano

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
iorilevereiI would detect
turileverestiyou would detect
lui/leirileverebbehe/she/it would detect
noirileveremmowe would detect
voirileveresteyou (pl.) would detect
lororileverebberothey would detect

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
iorileveròI will detect
turileveraiyou will detect
lui/leirileveràhe/she/it will detect
noirileveremowe will detect
voirilevereteyou (pl.) will detect
lororileverannothey will detect

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
ioho rilevatoI have detected
tuhai rilevatoyou have detected
lui/leiha rilevatohe/she/it has detected
noiabbiamo rilevatowe have detected
voiavete rilevatoyou (pl.) have detected
lorohanno rilevatothey have detected

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
ioavevo rilevatoI had detected
tuavevi rilevatoyou had detected
lui/leiaveva rilevatohe/she/it had detected
noiavevamo rilevatowe had detected
voiavevate rilevatoyou (pl.) had detected
loroavevano rilevatothey had detected

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
ioavrei rilevato
tuavresti rilevato
lui/leiavrebbe rilevato
noiavremmo rilevato
voiavreste rilevato
loroavrebbero rilevato

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
ioavrò rilevatoI will have detected
tuavrai rilevatoyou will have detected
lui/leiavrà rilevatohe/she/it will have detected
noiavremo rilevatowe will have detected
voiavrete rilevatoyou (pl.) will have detected
loroavranno rilevatothey will have detected

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
iorilevi
turilevi
lui/leirilevi
noirileviamo
voirileviate
lororilevino

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
iorilevassi
turilevassi
lui/leirilevasse
noirilevassimo
voirilevaste
lororilevassero

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
turileva
lui/leirilevi
noirileviamo
voirilevate
lororilevino

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 rilevare
lui/leinon rilevi
noinon rileviamo
voinon rilevate
loronon rilevino