sopprimere — Italian conjugation

to suppress

Frequency#545Regular

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
iosopprimoI suppress
tusopprimiyou suppress
lui/leisopprimehe/she/it suppresses
noisopprimiamowe suppress
voisopprimeteyou (pl.) suppress
lorosopprimonothey suppress

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
iosoppressiI suppressed
tusopprimestiyou suppressed
lui/leisoppressehe/she/it suppressed
noisopprimemmowe suppressed
voisopprimesteyou (pl.) suppressed
lorosoppresserothey suppressed

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
iosopprimevo
tusopprimevi
lui/leisopprimeva
noisopprimevamo
voisopprimevate
lorosopprimevano

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
iosopprimereiI would suppress
tusopprimerestiyou would suppress
lui/leisopprimerebbehe/she/it would suppress
noisopprimeremmowe would suppress
voisopprimeresteyou (pl.) would suppress
lorosopprimerebberothey would suppress

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
iosopprimeròI will suppress
tusopprimeraiyou will suppress
lui/leisopprimeràhe/she/it will suppress
noisopprimeremowe will suppress
voisopprimereteyou (pl.) will suppress
lorosopprimerannothey will suppress

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 soppressoI have suppressed
tuhai soppressoyou have suppressed
lui/leiha soppressohe/she/it has suppressed
noiabbiamo soppressowe have suppressed
voiavete soppressoyou (pl.) have suppressed
lorohanno soppressothey have suppressed

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 soppressoI had suppressed
tuavevi soppressoyou had suppressed
lui/leiaveva soppressohe/she/it had suppressed
noiavevamo soppressowe had suppressed
voiavevate soppressoyou (pl.) had suppressed
loroavevano soppressothey had suppressed

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 soppresso
tuavresti soppresso
lui/leiavrebbe soppresso
noiavremmo soppresso
voiavreste soppresso
loroavrebbero soppresso

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 soppressoI will have suppressed
tuavrai soppressoyou will have suppressed
lui/leiavrà soppressohe/she/it will have suppressed
noiavremo soppressowe will have suppressed
voiavrete soppressoyou (pl.) will have suppressed
loroavranno soppressothey will have suppressed

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
iosopprima
tusopprima
lui/leisopprima
noisopprimiamo
voisopprimiate
lorosopprimano

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
iosopprimessi
tusopprimessi
lui/leisopprimesse
noisopprimessimo
voisopprimeste
lorosopprimessero

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
tusopprimi
lui/leisopprima
noisopprimiamo
voisopprimete
lorosopprimano

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 sopprimere
lui/leinon sopprima
noinon sopprimiamo
voinon sopprimete
loronon sopprimano