strisciare — Italian conjugation

to crawl

Frequency#913Regular

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
iostriscioI crawl
tustrisciyou crawl
lui/leistrisciahe/she/it crawls
noistrisciamowe crawl
voistrisciateyou (pl.) crawl
lorostriscianothey crawl

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
iostrisciaiI crawled
tustrisciastiyou crawled
lui/leistrisciòhe/she/it crawled
noistrisciammowe crawled
voistrisciasteyou (pl.) crawled
lorostrisciaronothey crawled

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
iostrisciavo
tustrisciavi
lui/leistrisciava
noistrisciavamo
voistrisciavate
lorostrisciavano

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
iostriscereiI would crawl
tustriscerestiyou would crawl
lui/leistriscerebbehe/she/it would crawl
noistrisceremmowe would crawl
voistrisceresteyou (pl.) would crawl
lorostriscerebberothey would crawl

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
iostrisceròI will crawl
tustrisceraiyou will crawl
lui/leistrisceràhe/she/it will crawl
noistrisceremowe will crawl
voistriscereteyou (pl.) will crawl
lorostriscerannothey will crawl

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 strisciatoI have crawled
tuhai strisciatoyou have crawled
lui/leiha strisciatohe/she/it has crawled
noiabbiamo strisciatowe have crawled
voiavete strisciatoyou (pl.) have crawled
lorohanno strisciatothey have crawled

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 strisciatoI had crawled
tuavevi strisciatoyou had crawled
lui/leiaveva strisciatohe/she/it had crawled
noiavevamo strisciatowe had crawled
voiavevate strisciatoyou (pl.) had crawled
loroavevano strisciatothey had crawled

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 strisciato
tuavresti strisciato
lui/leiavrebbe strisciato
noiavremmo strisciato
voiavreste strisciato
loroavrebbero strisciato

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 strisciatoI will have crawled
tuavrai strisciatoyou will have crawled
lui/leiavrà strisciatohe/she/it will have crawled
noiavremo strisciatowe will have crawled
voiavrete strisciatoyou (pl.) will have crawled
loroavranno strisciatothey will have crawled

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
iostrisci
tustrisci
lui/leistrisci
noistrisciamo
voistrisciate
lorostriscino

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
iostrisciassi
tustrisciassi
lui/leistrisciasse
noistrisciassimo
voistrisciaste
lorostrisciassero

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
tustriscia
lui/leistrisci
noistrisciamo
voistrisciate
lorostriscino

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 strisciare
lui/leinon strisci
noinon strisciamo
voinon strisciate
loronon striscino