spingere — Italian conjugation
to push
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 | spingo | I push |
| tu | spingi | you push |
| lui/lei | spinge | he/she/it pushes |
| noi | spingiamo | we push |
| voi | spingete | you (pl.) push |
| loro | spingono | they push |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular
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 | spinsi | I pushed |
| tu | spingesti | you pushed |
| lui/lei | spinse | he/she/it pushed |
| noi | spingemmo | we pushed |
| voi | spingeste | you (pl.) pushed |
| loro | spinsero | they pushed |
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 | spingevo |
| tu | spingevi |
| lui/lei | spingeva |
| noi | spingevamo |
| voi | spingevate |
| loro | spingevano |
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 | spingerei | I would push |
| tu | spingeresti | you would push |
| lui/lei | spingerebbe | he/she/it would push |
| noi | spingeremmo | we would push |
| voi | spingereste | you (pl.) would push |
| loro | spingerebbero | they would push |
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 | spingerò | I will push |
| tu | spingerai | you will push |
| lui/lei | spingerà | he/she/it will push |
| noi | spingeremo | we will push |
| voi | spingerete | you (pl.) will push |
| loro | spingeranno | they will push |
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 spinto | I have pushed |
| tu | hai spinto | you have pushed |
| lui/lei | ha spinto | he/she/it has pushed |
| noi | abbiamo spinto | we have pushed |
| voi | avete spinto | you (pl.) have pushed |
| loro | hanno spinto | they have pushed |
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 spinto | I had pushed |
| tu | avevi spinto | you had pushed |
| lui/lei | aveva spinto | he/she/it had pushed |
| noi | avevamo spinto | we had pushed |
| voi | avevate spinto | you (pl.) had pushed |
| loro | avevano spinto | they had pushed |
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 spinto |
| tu | avresti spinto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe spinto |
| noi | avremmo spinto |
| voi | avreste spinto |
| loro | avrebbero spinto |
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 spinto | I will have pushed |
| tu | avrai spinto | you will have pushed |
| lui/lei | avrà spinto | he/she/it will have pushed |
| noi | avremo spinto | we will have pushed |
| voi | avrete spinto | you (pl.) will have pushed |
| loro | avranno spinto | they will have pushed |
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 | spinga |
| tu | spinga |
| lui/lei | spinga |
| noi | spingiamo |
| voi | spingiate |
| loro | spingano |
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 | spingessi |
| tu | spingessi |
| lui/lei | spingesse |
| noi | spingessimo |
| voi | spingeste |
| loro | spingessero |
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 | spingi |
| lui/lei | spinga |
| noi | spingiamo |
| voi | spingete |
| loro | spingano |
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 spingere |
| lui/lei | non spinga |
| noi | non spingiamo |
| voi | non spingete |
| loro | non spingano |