sbarazzare — Italian conjugation

to get rid of

Frequency#1348Regular

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
iosbarazzoI get rid of
tusbarazziyou get rid of
lui/leisbarazzahe/she/it gets rid of
noisbarazziamowe get rid of
voisbarazzateyou (pl.) get rid of
lorosbarazzanothey get rid of

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
iosbarazzaiI got rid of
tusbarazzastiyou got rid of
lui/leisbarazzòhe/she/it got rid of
noisbarazzammowe got rid of
voisbarazzasteyou (pl.) got rid of
lorosbarazzaronothey got rid of

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
iosbarazzavo
tusbarazzavi
lui/leisbarazzava
noisbarazzavamo
voisbarazzavate
lorosbarazzavano

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
iosbarazzereiI would get rid of
tusbarazzerestiyou would get rid of
lui/leisbarazzerebbehe/she/it would get rid of
noisbarazzeremmowe would get rid of
voisbarazzeresteyou (pl.) would get rid of
lorosbarazzerebberothey would get rid of

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
iosbarazzeròI will get rid of
tusbarazzeraiyou will get rid of
lui/leisbarazzeràhe/she/it will get rid of
noisbarazzeremowe will get rid of
voisbarazzereteyou (pl.) will get rid of
lorosbarazzerannothey will get rid of

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 sbarazzatoI have gotten rid of
tuhai sbarazzatoyou have gotten rid of
lui/leiha sbarazzatohe/she/it has gotten rid of
noiabbiamo sbarazzatowe have gotten rid of
voiavete sbarazzatoyou (pl.) have gotten rid of
lorohanno sbarazzatothey have gotten rid of

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 sbarazzatoI had gotten rid of
tuavevi sbarazzatoyou had gotten rid of
lui/leiaveva sbarazzatohe/she/it had gotten rid of
noiavevamo sbarazzatowe had gotten rid of
voiavevate sbarazzatoyou (pl.) had gotten rid of
loroavevano sbarazzatothey had gotten rid of

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 sbarazzato
tuavresti sbarazzato
lui/leiavrebbe sbarazzato
noiavremmo sbarazzato
voiavreste sbarazzato
loroavrebbero sbarazzato

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 sbarazzatoI will have gotten rid of
tuavrai sbarazzatoyou will have gotten rid of
lui/leiavrà sbarazzatohe/she/it will have gotten rid of
noiavremo sbarazzatowe will have gotten rid of
voiavrete sbarazzatoyou (pl.) will have gotten rid of
loroavranno sbarazzatothey will have gotten rid of

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
iosbarazzi
tusbarazzi
lui/leisbarazzi
noisbarazziamo
voisbarazziate
lorosbarazzino

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
iosbarazzassi
tusbarazzassi
lui/leisbarazzasse
noisbarazzassimo
voisbarazzaste
lorosbarazzassero

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
tusbarazza
lui/leisbarazzi
noisbarazziamo
voisbarazzate
lorosbarazzino

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 sbarazzare
lui/leinon sbarazzi
noinon sbarazziamo
voinon sbarazzate
loronon sbarazzino