sputare — Italian conjugation

to spit

Frequency#1053Regular

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
iosputoI spit
tusputiyou spit
lui/leisputahe/she/it spits
noisputiamowe spit
voisputateyou (pl.) spit
lorosputanothey spit

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
iosputaiI spat
tusputastiyou spat
lui/leisputòhe/she/it spat
noisputammowe spat
voisputasteyou (pl.) spat
lorosputaronothey spat

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
iosputavo
tusputavi
lui/leisputava
noisputavamo
voisputavate
lorosputavano

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
iosputereiI would spit
tusputerestiyou would spit
lui/leisputerebbehe/she/it would spit
noisputeremmowe would spit
voisputeresteyou (pl.) would spit
lorosputerebberothey would spit

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
iosputeròI will spit
tusputeraiyou will spit
lui/leisputeràhe/she/it will spit
noisputeremowe will spit
voisputereteyou (pl.) will spit
lorosputerannothey will spit

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 sputatoI have spat
tuhai sputatoyou have spat
lui/leiha sputatohe/she/it has spat
noiabbiamo sputatowe have spat
voiavete sputatoyou (pl.) have spat
lorohanno sputatothey have spat

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 sputatoI had spat
tuavevi sputatoyou had spat
lui/leiaveva sputatohe/she/it had spat
noiavevamo sputatowe had spat
voiavevate sputatoyou (pl.) had spat
loroavevano sputatothey had spat

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 sputato
tuavresti sputato
lui/leiavrebbe sputato
noiavremmo sputato
voiavreste sputato
loroavrebbero sputato

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 sputatoI will have spat
tuavrai sputatoyou will have spat
lui/leiavrà sputatohe/she/it will have spat
noiavremo sputatowe will have spat
voiavrete sputatoyou (pl.) will have spat
loroavranno sputatothey will have spat

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
iosputi
tusputi
lui/leisputi
noisputiamo
voisputiate
lorosputino

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
iosputassi
tusputassi
lui/leisputasse
noisputassimo
voisputaste
lorosputassero

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
tusputa
lui/leisputi
noisputiamo
voisputate
lorosputino

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 sputare
lui/leinon sputi
noinon sputiamo
voinon sputate
loronon sputino