salare — Italian conjugation
to salt
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 | salo | I salt |
| tu | sali | you salt |
| lui/lei | sala | he/she/it salts |
| noi | saliamo | we salt |
| voi | salate | you (pl.) salt |
| loro | salano | they salt |
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 | salai | I salted |
| tu | salasti | you salted |
| lui/lei | salò | he/she/it salted |
| noi | salammo | we salted |
| voi | salaste | you (pl.) salted |
| loro | salarono | they salted |
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 | salavo |
| tu | salavi |
| lui/lei | salava |
| noi | salavamo |
| voi | salavate |
| loro | salavano |
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 | salerei | I would salt |
| tu | saleresti | you would salt |
| lui/lei | salerebbe | he/she/it would salt |
| noi | saleremmo | we would salt |
| voi | salereste | you (pl.) would salt |
| loro | salerebbero | they would salt |
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 | salerò | I will salt |
| tu | salerai | you will salt |
| lui/lei | salerà | he/she/it will salt |
| noi | saleremo | we will salt |
| voi | salerete | you (pl.) will salt |
| loro | saleranno | they will salt |
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 salato | I have salted |
| tu | hai salato | you have salted |
| lui/lei | ha salato | he/she/it has salted |
| noi | abbiamo salato | we have salted |
| voi | avete salato | you (pl.) have salted |
| loro | hanno salato | they have salted |
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 salato | I had salted |
| tu | avevi salato | you had salted |
| lui/lei | aveva salato | he/she/it had salted |
| noi | avevamo salato | we had salted |
| voi | avevate salato | you (pl.) had salted |
| loro | avevano salato | they had salted |
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 salato |
| tu | avresti salato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe salato |
| noi | avremmo salato |
| voi | avreste salato |
| loro | avrebbero salato |
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 salato | I will have salted |
| tu | avrai salato | you will have salted |
| lui/lei | avrà salato | he/she/it will have salted |
| noi | avremo salato | we will have salted |
| voi | avrete salato | you (pl.) will have salted |
| loro | avranno salato | they will have salted |
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 | sali |
| tu | sali |
| lui/lei | sali |
| noi | saliamo |
| voi | saliate |
| loro | salino |
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 | salassi |
| tu | salassi |
| lui/lei | salasse |
| noi | salassimo |
| voi | salaste |
| loro | salassero |
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 | sala |
| lui/lei | sali |
| noi | saliamo |
| voi | salate |
| loro | salino |
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 salare |
| lui/lei | non sali |
| noi | non saliamo |
| voi | non salate |
| loro | non salino |