spacciare — Italian conjugation

to traffic in

Frequency#1359Regular

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	spaccio	I traffic in
tu	spacci	you traffic in
lui/lei	spaccia	he/she/it traffics in
noi	spacciamo	we traffic in
voi	spacciate	you (pl.) traffic in
loro	spacciano	they traffic in

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	spacciai	I trafficked in
tu	spacciasti	you trafficked in
lui/lei	spacciò	he/she/it trafficked in
noi	spacciammo	we trafficked in
voi	spacciaste	you (pl.) trafficked in
loro	spacciarono	they trafficked in

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	spacciavo
tu	spacciavi
lui/lei	spacciava
noi	spacciavamo
voi	spacciavate
loro	spacciavano

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	spaccerei	I would traffic in
tu	spacceresti	you would traffic in
lui/lei	spaccerebbe	he/she/it would traffic in
noi	spacceremmo	we would traffic in
voi	spaccereste	you (pl.) would traffic in
loro	spaccerebbero	they would traffic in

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	spaccerò	I will traffic in
tu	spaccerai	you will traffic in
lui/lei	spaccerà	he/she/it will traffic in
noi	spacceremo	we will traffic in
voi	spaccerete	you (pl.) will traffic in
loro	spacceranno	they will traffic in

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 spacciato	I have trafficked in
tu	hai spacciato	you have trafficked in
lui/lei	ha spacciato	he/she/it has trafficked in
noi	abbiamo spacciato	we have trafficked in
voi	avete spacciato	you (pl.) have trafficked in
loro	hanno spacciato	they have trafficked in

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 spacciato	I had trafficked in
tu	avevi spacciato	you had trafficked in
lui/lei	aveva spacciato	he/she/it had trafficked in
noi	avevamo spacciato	we had trafficked in
voi	avevate spacciato	you (pl.) had trafficked in
loro	avevano spacciato	they had trafficked in

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 spacciato
tu	avresti spacciato
lui/lei	avrebbe spacciato
noi	avremmo spacciato
voi	avreste spacciato
loro	avrebbero spacciato

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 spacciato	I will have trafficked in
tu	avrai spacciato	you will have trafficked in
lui/lei	avrà spacciato	he/she/it will have trafficked in
noi	avremo spacciato	we will have trafficked in
voi	avrete spacciato	you (pl.) will have trafficked in
loro	avranno spacciato	they will have trafficked in

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	spacci
tu	spacci
lui/lei	spacci
noi	spacciamo
voi	spacciate
loro	spaccino

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	spacciassi
tu	spacciassi
lui/lei	spacciasse
noi	spacciassimo
voi	spacciaste
loro	spacciassero

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	spaccia
lui/lei	spacci
noi	spacciamo
voi	spacciate
loro	spaccino

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 spacciare
lui/lei	non spacci
noi	non spacciamo
voi	non spacciate
loro	non spaccino