rinnovare — Italian conjugation
to renew
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 | rinnovo | I renew |
| tu | rinnovi | you renew |
| lui/lei | rinnova | he/she/it renews |
| noi | rinnoviamo | we renew |
| voi | rinnovate | you (pl.) renew |
| loro | rinnovano | they renew |
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 | rinnovai | I renewed |
| tu | rinnovasti | you renewed |
| lui/lei | rinnovò | he/she/it renewed |
| noi | rinnovammo | we renewed |
| voi | rinnovaste | you (pl.) renewed |
| loro | rinnovarono | they renewed |
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 | rinnovavo |
| tu | rinnovavi |
| lui/lei | rinnovava |
| noi | rinnovavamo |
| voi | rinnovavate |
| loro | rinnovavano |
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 | rinnoverei | I would renew |
| tu | rinnoveresti | you would renew |
| lui/lei | rinnoverebbe | he/she/it would renew |
| noi | rinnoveremmo | we would renew |
| voi | rinnovereste | you (pl.) would renew |
| loro | rinnoverebbero | they would renew |
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 | rinnoverò | I will renew |
| tu | rinnoverai | you will renew |
| lui/lei | rinnoverà | he/she/it will renew |
| noi | rinnoveremo | we will renew |
| voi | rinnoverete | you (pl.) will renew |
| loro | rinnoveranno | they will renew |
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 rinnovato | I have renewed |
| tu | hai rinnovato | you have renewed |
| lui/lei | ha rinnovato | he/she/it has renewed |
| noi | abbiamo rinnovato | we have renewed |
| voi | avete rinnovato | you (pl.) have renewed |
| loro | hanno rinnovato | they have renewed |
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 rinnovato | I had renewed |
| tu | avevi rinnovato | you had renewed |
| lui/lei | aveva rinnovato | he/she/it had renewed |
| noi | avevamo rinnovato | we had renewed |
| voi | avevate rinnovato | you (pl.) had renewed |
| loro | avevano rinnovato | they had renewed |
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 rinnovato |
| tu | avresti rinnovato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe rinnovato |
| noi | avremmo rinnovato |
| voi | avreste rinnovato |
| loro | avrebbero rinnovato |
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 rinnovato | I will have renewed |
| tu | avrai rinnovato | you will have renewed |
| lui/lei | avrà rinnovato | he/she/it will have renewed |
| noi | avremo rinnovato | we will have renewed |
| voi | avrete rinnovato | you (pl.) will have renewed |
| loro | avranno rinnovato | they will have renewed |
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 | rinnovi |
| tu | rinnovi |
| lui/lei | rinnovi |
| noi | rinnoviamo |
| voi | rinnoviate |
| loro | rinnovino |
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 | rinnovassi |
| tu | rinnovassi |
| lui/lei | rinnovasse |
| noi | rinnovassimo |
| voi | rinnovaste |
| loro | rinnovassero |
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 | rinnova |
| lui/lei | rinnovi |
| noi | rinnoviamo |
| voi | rinnovate |
| loro | rinnovino |
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 rinnovare |
| lui/lei | non rinnovi |
| noi | non rinnoviamo |
| voi | non rinnovate |
| loro | non rinnovino |