strafare — Italian conjugation
to exaggerate
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 | strafaccio | I exaggerate |
| tu | strafai | you exaggerate |
| lui/lei | strafà | he/she/it exaggerates |
| noi | strafacciamo | we exaggerate |
| voi | strafate | you (pl.) exaggerate |
| loro | strafanno | they exaggerate |
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 | strafeci | I exaggerated |
| tu | strafacesti | you exaggerated |
| lui/lei | strafece | he/she/it exaggerated |
| noi | strafacemmo | we exaggerated |
| voi | strafaceste | you (pl.) exaggerated |
| loro | strafecero | they exaggerated |
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 | strafacevo |
| tu | strafacevi |
| lui/lei | strafaceva |
| noi | strafacevamo |
| voi | strafacevate |
| loro | strafacevano |
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 | strafarei | I would exaggerate |
| tu | strafaresti | you would exaggerate |
| lui/lei | strafarebbe | he/she/it would exaggerate |
| noi | strafaremmo | we would exaggerate |
| voi | strafareste | you (pl.) would exaggerate |
| loro | strafarebbero | they would exaggerate |
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 | strafarò | I will exaggerate |
| tu | strafarai | you will exaggerate |
| lui/lei | strafarà | he/she/it will exaggerate |
| noi | strafaremo | we will exaggerate |
| voi | strafarete | you (pl.) will exaggerate |
| loro | strafaranno | they will exaggerate |
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 strafatto | I have exaggerated |
| tu | hai strafatto | you have exaggerated |
| lui/lei | ha strafatto | he/she/it has exaggerated |
| noi | abbiamo strafatto | we have exaggerated |
| voi | avete strafatto | you (pl.) have exaggerated |
| loro | hanno strafatto | they have exaggerated |
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 strafatto | I had exaggerated |
| tu | avevi strafatto | you had exaggerated |
| lui/lei | aveva strafatto | he/she/it had exaggerated |
| noi | avevamo strafatto | we had exaggerated |
| voi | avevate strafatto | you (pl.) had exaggerated |
| loro | avevano strafatto | they had exaggerated |
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 strafatto |
| tu | avresti strafatto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe strafatto |
| noi | avremmo strafatto |
| voi | avreste strafatto |
| loro | avrebbero strafatto |
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 strafatto | I will have exaggerated |
| tu | avrai strafatto | you will have exaggerated |
| lui/lei | avrà strafatto | he/she/it will have exaggerated |
| noi | avremo strafatto | we will have exaggerated |
| voi | avrete strafatto | you (pl.) will have exaggerated |
| loro | avranno strafatto | they will have exaggerated |
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 | strafaccia |
| tu | strafaccia |
| lui/lei | strafaccia |
| noi | strafacciamo |
| voi | strafacciate |
| loro | strafacciano |
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 | strafacessi |
| tu | strafacessi |
| lui/lei | strafacesse |
| noi | strafacessimo |
| voi | strafaceste |
| loro | strafacessero |
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 | strafa' |
| lui/lei | strafaccia |
| noi | strafacciamo |
| voi | strafate |
| loro | strafacciano |
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 strafare |
| lui/lei | non strafaccia |
| noi | non strafacciamo |
| voi | non strafate |
| loro | non strafacciano |