sbavare — Italian conjugation
to drool, to slobber, to slaver
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 | sbavo | I drool |
| tu | sbavi | you drool |
| lui/lei | sbava | he/she/it drools |
| noi | sbaviamo | we drool |
| voi | sbavate | you (pl.) drool |
| loro | sbavano | they drool |
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 | sbavai | I drooled |
| tu | sbavasti | you drooled |
| lui/lei | sbavò | he/she/it drooled |
| noi | sbavammo | we drooled |
| voi | sbavaste | you (pl.) drooled |
| loro | sbavarono | they drooled |
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 | sbavavo |
| tu | sbavavi |
| lui/lei | sbavava |
| noi | sbavavamo |
| voi | sbavavate |
| loro | sbavavano |
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 | sbaverei | I would drool |
| tu | sbaveresti | you would drool |
| lui/lei | sbaverebbe | he/she/it would drool |
| noi | sbaveremmo | we would drool |
| voi | sbavereste | you (pl.) would drool |
| loro | sbaverebbero | they would drool |
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 | sbaverò | I will drool |
| tu | sbaverai | you will drool |
| lui/lei | sbaverà | he/she/it will drool |
| noi | sbaveremo | we will drool |
| voi | sbaverete | you (pl.) will drool |
| loro | sbaveranno | they will drool |
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 sbavato | I have drooled |
| tu | hai sbavato | you have drooled |
| lui/lei | ha sbavato | he/she/it has drooled |
| noi | abbiamo sbavato | we have drooled |
| voi | avete sbavato | you (pl.) have drooled |
| loro | hanno sbavato | they have drooled |
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 sbavato | I had drooled |
| tu | avevi sbavato | you had drooled |
| lui/lei | aveva sbavato | he/she/it had drooled |
| noi | avevamo sbavato | we had drooled |
| voi | avevate sbavato | you (pl.) had drooled |
| loro | avevano sbavato | they had drooled |
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 sbavato |
| tu | avresti sbavato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe sbavato |
| noi | avremmo sbavato |
| voi | avreste sbavato |
| loro | avrebbero sbavato |
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 sbavato | I will have drooled |
| tu | avrai sbavato | you will have drooled |
| lui/lei | avrà sbavato | he/she/it will have drooled |
| noi | avremo sbavato | we will have drooled |
| voi | avrete sbavato | you (pl.) will have drooled |
| loro | avranno sbavato | they will have drooled |
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 | sbavi |
| tu | sbavi |
| lui/lei | sbavi |
| noi | sbaviamo |
| voi | sbaviate |
| loro | sbavino |
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 | sbavassi |
| tu | sbavassi |
| lui/lei | sbavasse |
| noi | sbavassimo |
| voi | sbavaste |
| loro | sbavassero |
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 | sbava |
| lui/lei | sbavi |
| noi | sbaviamo |
| voi | sbavate |
| loro | sbavino |
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 sbavare |
| lui/lei | non sbavi |
| noi | non sbaviamo |
| voi | non sbavate |
| loro | non sbavino |