screditare — Italian conjugation
to discredit
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 | scredito | I discredit |
| tu | screditi | you discredit |
| lui/lei | scredita | he/she/it discredits |
| noi | screditiamo | we discredit |
| voi | screditate | you (pl.) discredit |
| loro | screditano | they discredit |
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 | screditai | I discredited |
| tu | screditasti | you discredited |
| lui/lei | screditò | he/she/it discredited |
| noi | screditammo | we discredited |
| voi | screditaste | you (pl.) discredited |
| loro | screditarono | they discredited |
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 | screditavo |
| tu | screditavi |
| lui/lei | screditava |
| noi | screditavamo |
| voi | screditavate |
| loro | screditavano |
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 | screditerei | I would discredit |
| tu | screditeresti | you would discredit |
| lui/lei | screditerebbe | he/she/it would discredit |
| noi | screditeremmo | we would discredit |
| voi | screditereste | you (pl.) would discredit |
| loro | screditerebbero | they would discredit |
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 | screditerò | I will discredit |
| tu | screditerai | you will discredit |
| lui/lei | screditerà | he/she/it will discredit |
| noi | screditeremo | we will discredit |
| voi | screditerete | you (pl.) will discredit |
| loro | screditeranno | they will discredit |
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 screditato | I have discredited |
| tu | hai screditato | you have discredited |
| lui/lei | ha screditato | he/she/it has discredited |
| noi | abbiamo screditato | we have discredited |
| voi | avete screditato | you (pl.) have discredited |
| loro | hanno screditato | they have discredited |
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 screditato | I had discredited |
| tu | avevi screditato | you had discredited |
| lui/lei | aveva screditato | he/she/it had discredited |
| noi | avevamo screditato | we had discredited |
| voi | avevate screditato | you (pl.) had discredited |
| loro | avevano screditato | they had discredited |
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 screditato |
| tu | avresti screditato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe screditato |
| noi | avremmo screditato |
| voi | avreste screditato |
| loro | avrebbero screditato |
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 screditato | I will have discredited |
| tu | avrai screditato | you will have discredited |
| lui/lei | avrà screditato | he/she/it will have discredited |
| noi | avremo screditato | we will have discredited |
| voi | avrete screditato | you (pl.) will have discredited |
| loro | avranno screditato | they will have discredited |
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 | screditi |
| tu | screditi |
| lui/lei | screditi |
| noi | screditiamo |
| voi | screditiate |
| loro | screditino |
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 | screditassi |
| tu | screditassi |
| lui/lei | screditasse |
| noi | screditassimo |
| voi | screditaste |
| loro | screditassero |
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 | scredita |
| lui/lei | screditi |
| noi | screditiamo |
| voi | screditate |
| loro | screditino |
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 screditare |
| lui/lei | non screditi |
| noi | non screditiamo |
| voi | non screditate |
| loro | non screditino |