sparire — Italian conjugation
to disappear
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 | sparisco | I disappear |
| tu | sparisci | you disappear |
| lui/lei | sparisce | he/she/it disappears |
| noi | spariamo | we disappear |
| voi | sparite | you (pl.) disappear |
| loro | spariscono | they disappear |
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 | sparvi | I disappeared |
| tu | sparisti | you disappeared |
| lui/lei | sparve | he/she/it disappeared |
| noi | sparimmo | we disappeared |
| voi | spariste | you (pl.) disappeared |
| loro | sparvero | they disappeared |
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 | sparivo |
| tu | sparivi |
| lui/lei | spariva |
| noi | sparivamo |
| voi | sparivate |
| loro | sparivano |
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 | sparirei | I would disappear |
| tu | spariresti | you would disappear |
| lui/lei | sparirebbe | he/she/it would disappear |
| noi | spariremmo | we would disappear |
| voi | sparireste | you (pl.) would disappear |
| loro | sparirebbero | they would disappear |
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 | sparirò | I will disappear |
| tu | sparirai | you will disappear |
| lui/lei | sparirà | he/she/it will disappear |
| noi | spariremo | we will disappear |
| voi | sparirete | you (pl.) will disappear |
| loro | spariranno | they will disappear |
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 | sono sparito/a | I have disappeared |
| tu | sei sparito/a | you have disappeared |
| lui/lei | è sparito/a | he/she/it has disappeared |
| noi | siamo spariti/e | we have disappeared |
| voi | siete spariti/e | you (pl.) have disappeared |
| loro | sono spariti/e | they have disappeared |
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 | ero sparito/a | I had disappeared |
| tu | eri sparito/a | you had disappeared |
| lui/lei | era sparito/a | he/she/it had disappeared |
| noi | eravamo spariti/e | we had disappeared |
| voi | eravate spariti/e | you (pl.) had disappeared |
| loro | erano spariti/e | they had disappeared |
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 | sarei sparito/a |
| tu | saresti sparito/a |
| lui/lei | sarebbe sparito/a |
| noi | saremmo spariti/e |
| voi | sareste spariti/e |
| loro | sarebbero spariti/e |
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 | sarò sparito/a | I will have disappeared |
| tu | sarai sparito/a | you will have disappeared |
| lui/lei | sarà sparito/a | he/she/it will have disappeared |
| noi | saremo spariti/e | we will have disappeared |
| voi | sarete spariti/e | you (pl.) will have disappeared |
| loro | saranno spariti/e | they will have disappeared |
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 | sparisca |
| tu | sparisca |
| lui/lei | sparisca |
| noi | spariamo |
| voi | spariate |
| loro | spariscano |
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 | sparissi |
| tu | sparissi |
| lui/lei | sparisse |
| noi | sparissimo |
| voi | spariste |
| loro | sparissero |
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 | sparisci |
| lui/lei | sparisca |
| noi | spariamo |
| voi | sparite |
| loro | spariscano |
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 sparire |
| lui/lei | non sparisca |
| noi | non spariamo |
| voi | non sparite |
| loro | non spariscano |