riscaldare — Italian conjugation

to heat

Frequency#258RegularReflexiveriscaldarsi — to warm up

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
ioriscaldoI heat
turiscaldiyou heat
lui/leiriscaldahe/she/it heats
noiriscaldiamowe heat
voiriscaldateyou (pl.) heat
lororiscaldanothey heat

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
ioriscaldaiI heated
turiscaldastiyou heated
lui/leiriscaldòhe/she/it heated
noiriscaldammowe heated
voiriscaldasteyou (pl.) heated
lororiscaldaronothey heated

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
ioriscaldavo
turiscaldavi
lui/leiriscaldava
noiriscaldavamo
voiriscaldavate
lororiscaldavano

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
ioriscaldereiI would heat
turiscalderestiyou would heat
lui/leiriscalderebbehe/she/it would heat
noiriscalderemmowe would heat
voiriscalderesteyou (pl.) would heat
lororiscalderebberothey would heat

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
ioriscalderòI will heat
turiscalderaiyou will heat
lui/leiriscalderàhe/she/it will heat
noiriscalderemowe will heat
voiriscaldereteyou (pl.) will heat
lororiscalderannothey will heat

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 riscaldatoI have heated
tuhai riscaldatoyou have heated
lui/leiha riscaldatohe/she/it has heated
noiabbiamo riscaldatowe have heated
voiavete riscaldatoyou (pl.) have heated
lorohanno riscaldatothey have heated

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 riscaldatoI had heated
tuavevi riscaldatoyou had heated
lui/leiaveva riscaldatohe/she/it had heated
noiavevamo riscaldatowe had heated
voiavevate riscaldatoyou (pl.) had heated
loroavevano riscaldatothey had heated

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 riscaldato
tuavresti riscaldato
lui/leiavrebbe riscaldato
noiavremmo riscaldato
voiavreste riscaldato
loroavrebbero riscaldato

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 riscaldatoI will have heated
tuavrai riscaldatoyou will have heated
lui/leiavrà riscaldatohe/she/it will have heated
noiavremo riscaldatowe will have heated
voiavrete riscaldatoyou (pl.) will have heated
loroavranno riscaldatothey will have heated

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
ioriscaldi
turiscaldi
lui/leiriscaldi
noiriscaldiamo
voiriscaldiate
lororiscaldino

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
ioriscaldassi
turiscaldassi
lui/leiriscaldasse
noiriscaldassimo
voiriscaldaste
lororiscaldassero

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
turiscalda
lui/leiriscaldi
noiriscaldiamo
voiriscaldate
lororiscaldino

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 riscaldare
lui/leinon riscaldi
noinon riscaldiamo
voinon riscaldate
loronon riscaldino