ristabilire — Italian conjugation

to restore

Frequency#823Regular

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
ioristabiliscoI restore
turistabilisciyou restore
lui/leiristabiliscehe/she/it restores
noiristabiliamowe restore
voiristabiliteyou (pl.) restore
lororistabilisconothey restore

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
ioristabiliiI restored
turistabilistiyou restored
lui/leiristabilìhe/she/it restored
noiristabilimmowe restored
voiristabilisteyou (pl.) restored
lororistabilironothey restored

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
ioristabilivo
turistabilivi
lui/leiristabiliva
noiristabilivamo
voiristabilivate
lororistabilivano

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
ioristabilireiI would restore
turistabilirestiyou would restore
lui/leiristabilirebbehe/she/it would restore
noiristabiliremmowe would restore
voiristabiliresteyou (pl.) would restore
lororistabilirebberothey would restore

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
ioristabiliròI will restore
turistabiliraiyou will restore
lui/leiristabiliràhe/she/it will restore
noiristabiliremowe will restore
voiristabilireteyou (pl.) will restore
lororistabilirannothey will restore

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 ristabilitoI have restored
tuhai ristabilitoyou have restored
lui/leiha ristabilitohe/she/it has restored
noiabbiamo ristabilitowe have restored
voiavete ristabilitoyou (pl.) have restored
lorohanno ristabilitothey have restored

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 ristabilitoI had restored
tuavevi ristabilitoyou had restored
lui/leiaveva ristabilitohe/she/it had restored
noiavevamo ristabilitowe had restored
voiavevate ristabilitoyou (pl.) had restored
loroavevano ristabilitothey had restored

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 ristabilito
tuavresti ristabilito
lui/leiavrebbe ristabilito
noiavremmo ristabilito
voiavreste ristabilito
loroavrebbero ristabilito

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 ristabilitoI will have restored
tuavrai ristabilitoyou will have restored
lui/leiavrà ristabilitohe/she/it will have restored
noiavremo ristabilitowe will have restored
voiavrete ristabilitoyou (pl.) will have restored
loroavranno ristabilitothey will have restored

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
ioristabilisca
turistabilisca
lui/leiristabilisca
noiristabiliamo
voiristabiliate
lororistabiliscano

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
ioristabilissi
turistabilissi
lui/leiristabilisse
noiristabilissimo
voiristabiliste
lororistabilissero

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
turistabilisci
lui/leiristabilisca
noiristabiliamo
voiristabilite
lororistabiliscano

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 ristabilire
lui/leinon ristabilisca
noinon ristabiliamo
voinon ristabilite
loronon ristabiliscano