rimboschire — Italian conjugation

to reforest

Frequency#612Irregular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iorimboschiscoI reforest
turimboschisciyou reforest
lui/leirimboschiscehe/she/it reforests
noirimboschiamowe reforest
voirimboschiteyou (pl.) reforest
lororimboschisconothey reforest

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
iorimboschiiI reforested
turimboschistiyou reforested
lui/leirimboschìhe/she/it reforested
noirimboschimmowe reforested
voirimboschisteyou (pl.) reforested
lororimboschironothey reforested

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
iorimboschivo
turimboschivi
lui/leirimboschiva
noirimboschivamo
voirimboschivate
lororimboschivano

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
iorimboschireiI would reforest
turimboschirestiyou would reforest
lui/leirimboschirebbehe/she/it would reforest
noirimboschiremmowe would reforest
voirimboschiresteyou (pl.) would reforest
lororimboschirebberothey would reforest

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
iorimboschiròI will reforest
turimboschiraiyou will reforest
lui/leirimboschiràhe/she/it will reforest
noirimboschiremowe will reforest
voirimboschireteyou (pl.) will reforest
lororimboschirannothey will reforest

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 rimboschitoI have reforested
tuhai rimboschitoyou have reforested
lui/leiha rimboschitohe/she/it has reforested
noiabbiamo rimboschitowe have reforested
voiavete rimboschitoyou (pl.) have reforested
lorohanno rimboschitothey have reforested

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 rimboschitoI had reforested
tuavevi rimboschitoyou had reforested
lui/leiaveva rimboschitohe/she/it had reforested
noiavevamo rimboschitowe had reforested
voiavevate rimboschitoyou (pl.) had reforested
loroavevano rimboschitothey had reforested

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 rimboschito
tuavresti rimboschito
lui/leiavrebbe rimboschito
noiavremmo rimboschito
voiavreste rimboschito
loroavrebbero rimboschito

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 rimboschitoI will have reforested
tuavrai rimboschitoyou will have reforested
lui/leiavrà rimboschitohe/she/it will have reforested
noiavremo rimboschitowe will have reforested
voiavrete rimboschitoyou (pl.) will have reforested
loroavranno rimboschitothey will have reforested

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.

PronounItalian
iorimboschisca
turimboschisca
lui/leirimboschisca
noirimboschiamo
voirimboschiate
lororimboschiscano

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
iorimboschissi
turimboschissi
lui/leirimboschisse
noirimboschissimo
voirimboschiste
lororimboschissero

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
turimboschisci
lui/leirimboschisca
noirimboschiamo
voirimboschite
lororimboschiscano

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 rimboschire
lui/leinon rimboschisca
noinon rimboschiamo
voinon rimboschite
loronon rimboschiscano