sciogliere — Italian conjugation

to dissolve

Frequency#557Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
iosciolgoI dissolve
tusciogliyou dissolve
lui/leisciogliehe/she/it dissolves
noisciogliamowe dissolve
voiscioglieteyou (pl.) dissolve
lorosciolgonothey dissolve

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosciolsiI dissolved
tusciogliestiyou dissolved
lui/leisciolsehe/she/it dissolved
noisciogliemmowe dissolved
voisciogliesteyou (pl.) dissolved
lorosciolserothey dissolved

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
ioscioglievo
tuscioglievi
lui/leiscioglieva
noiscioglievamo
voiscioglievate
loroscioglievano

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
iosciogliereiI would dissolve
tuscioglierestiyou would dissolve
lui/leiscioglierebbehe/she/it would dissolve
noiscioglieremmowe would dissolve
voiscioglieresteyou (pl.) would dissolve
loroscioglierebberothey would dissolve

Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular

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
ioscioglieròI will dissolve
tuscioglieraiyou will dissolve
lui/leiscioglieràhe/she/it will dissolve
noiscioglieremowe will dissolve
voisciogliereteyou (pl.) will dissolve
loroscioglierannothey will dissolve

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 scioltoI have dissolved
tuhai scioltoyou have dissolved
lui/leiha scioltohe/she/it has dissolved
noiabbiamo scioltowe have dissolved
voiavete scioltoyou (pl.) have dissolved
lorohanno scioltothey have dissolved

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 scioltoI had dissolved
tuavevi scioltoyou had dissolved
lui/leiaveva scioltohe/she/it had dissolved
noiavevamo scioltowe had dissolved
voiavevate scioltoyou (pl.) had dissolved
loroavevano scioltothey had dissolved

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 sciolto
tuavresti sciolto
lui/leiavrebbe sciolto
noiavremmo sciolto
voiavreste sciolto
loroavrebbero sciolto

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 scioltoI will have dissolved
tuavrai scioltoyou will have dissolved
lui/leiavrà scioltohe/she/it will have dissolved
noiavremo scioltowe will have dissolved
voiavrete scioltoyou (pl.) will have dissolved
loroavranno scioltothey will have dissolved

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular

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
iosciolga
tusciolga
lui/leisciolga
noisciogliamo
voisciogliate
lorosciolgano

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
iosciogliessi
tusciogliessi
lui/leisciogliesse
noisciogliessimo
voiscioglieste
lorosciogliessero

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
tusciogli
lui/leisciolga
noisciogliamo
voisciogliete
lorosciolgano

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 sciogliere
lui/leinon sciolga
noinon sciogliamo
voinon sciogliete
loronon sciolgano