setacciare — Italian conjugation

to sift, to sieve, to strain

Frequency#958Regular

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
iosetaccioI sift
tusetacciyou sift
lui/leisetacciahe/she/it sifts
noisetacciamowe sift
voisetacciateyou (pl.) sift
lorosetaccianothey sift

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
iosetacciaiI sifted
tusetacciastiyou sifted
lui/leisetacciòhe/she/it sifted
noisetacciammowe sifted
voisetacciasteyou (pl.) sifted
lorosetacciaronothey sifted

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
iosetacciavo
tusetacciavi
lui/leisetacciava
noisetacciavamo
voisetacciavate
lorosetacciavano

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
iosetaccereiI would sift
tusetaccerestiyou would sift
lui/leisetaccerebbehe/she/it would sift
noisetacceremmowe would sift
voisetacceresteyou (pl.) would sift
lorosetaccerebberothey would sift

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
iosetacceròI will sift
tusetacceraiyou will sift
lui/leisetacceràhe/she/it will sift
noisetacceremowe will sift
voisetaccereteyou (pl.) will sift
lorosetaccerannothey will sift

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 setacciatoI have sifted
tuhai setacciatoyou have sifted
lui/leiha setacciatohe/she/it has sifted
noiabbiamo setacciatowe have sifted
voiavete setacciatoyou (pl.) have sifted
lorohanno setacciatothey have sifted

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 setacciatoI had sifted
tuavevi setacciatoyou had sifted
lui/leiaveva setacciatohe/she/it had sifted
noiavevamo setacciatowe had sifted
voiavevate setacciatoyou (pl.) had sifted
loroavevano setacciatothey had sifted

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 setacciato
tuavresti setacciato
lui/leiavrebbe setacciato
noiavremmo setacciato
voiavreste setacciato
loroavrebbero setacciato

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 setacciatoI will have sifted
tuavrai setacciatoyou will have sifted
lui/leiavrà setacciatohe/she/it will have sifted
noiavremo setacciatowe will have sifted
voiavrete setacciatoyou (pl.) will have sifted
loroavranno setacciatothey will have sifted

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
iosetacci
tusetacci
lui/leisetacci
noisetacciamo
voisetacciate
lorosetaccino

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
iosetacciassi
tusetacciassi
lui/leisetacciasse
noisetacciassimo
voisetacciaste
lorosetacciassero

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
tusetaccia
lui/leisetacci
noisetacciamo
voisetacciate
lorosetaccino

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 setacciare
lui/leinon setacci
noinon setacciamo
voinon setacciate
loronon setaccino