rompere — Italian conjugation
to break
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 | rompo | I break |
| tu | rompi | you break |
| lui/lei | rompe | he/she/it breaks |
| noi | rompiamo | we break |
| voi | rompete | you (pl.) break |
| loro | rompono | they break |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular
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 | ruppi | I broke |
| tu | rompesti | you broke |
| lui/lei | ruppe | he/she/it broke |
| noi | rompemmo | we broke |
| voi | rompeste | you (pl.) broke |
| loro | ruppero | they broke |
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 | rompevo |
| tu | rompevi |
| lui/lei | rompeva |
| noi | rompevamo |
| voi | rompevate |
| loro | rompevano |
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 | romperei | I would break |
| tu | romperesti | you would break |
| lui/lei | romperebbe | he/she/it would break |
| noi | romperemmo | we would break |
| voi | rompereste | you (pl.) would break |
| loro | romperebbero | they would break |
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 | romperò | I will break |
| tu | romperai | you will break |
| lui/lei | romperà | he/she/it will break |
| noi | romperemo | we will break |
| voi | romperete | you (pl.) will break |
| loro | romperanno | they will break |
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 rotto | I have broken |
| tu | hai rotto | you have broken |
| lui/lei | ha rotto | he/she/it has broken |
| noi | abbiamo rotto | we have broken |
| voi | avete rotto | you (pl.) have broken |
| loro | hanno rotto | they have broken |
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 rotto | I had broken |
| tu | avevi rotto | you had broken |
| lui/lei | aveva rotto | he/she/it had broken |
| noi | avevamo rotto | we had broken |
| voi | avevate rotto | you (pl.) had broken |
| loro | avevano rotto | they had broken |
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 rotto |
| tu | avresti rotto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe rotto |
| noi | avremmo rotto |
| voi | avreste rotto |
| loro | avrebbero rotto |
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 rotto | I will have broken |
| tu | avrai rotto | you will have broken |
| lui/lei | avrà rotto | he/she/it will have broken |
| noi | avremo rotto | we will have broken |
| voi | avrete rotto | you (pl.) will have broken |
| loro | avranno rotto | they will have broken |
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 | rompa |
| tu | rompa |
| lui/lei | rompa |
| noi | rompiamo |
| voi | rompiate |
| loro | rompano |
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 | rompessi |
| tu | rompessi |
| lui/lei | rompesse |
| noi | rompessimo |
| voi | rompeste |
| loro | rompessero |
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 | rompi |
| lui/lei | rompa |
| noi | rompiamo |
| voi | rompete |
| loro | rompano |
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 rompere |
| lui/lei | non rompa |
| noi | non rompiamo |
| voi | non rompete |
| loro | non rompano |