subentrare — Italian conjugation

to subrogate

Frequency#1387Regular

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
iosubentroI subrogate
tusubentriyou subrogate
lui/leisubentrahe/she/it subrogates
noisubentriamowe subrogate
voisubentrateyou (pl.) subrogate
lorosubentranothey subrogate

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
iosubentraiI subrogated
tusubentrastiyou subrogated
lui/leisubentròhe/she/it subrogated
noisubentrammowe subrogated
voisubentrasteyou (pl.) subrogated
lorosubentraronothey subrogated

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
iosubentravo
tusubentravi
lui/leisubentrava
noisubentravamo
voisubentravate
lorosubentravano

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
iosubentrereiI would subrogate
tusubentrerestiyou would subrogate
lui/leisubentrerebbehe/she/it would subrogate
noisubentreremmowe would subrogate
voisubentreresteyou (pl.) would subrogate
lorosubentrerebberothey would subrogate

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
iosubentreròI will subrogate
tusubentreraiyou will subrogate
lui/leisubentreràhe/she/it will subrogate
noisubentreremowe will subrogate
voisubentrereteyou (pl.) will subrogate
lorosubentrerannothey will subrogate

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
iosono subentrato/aI have subrogated
tusei subentrato/ayou have subrogated
lui/leiè subentrato/ahe/she/it has subrogated
noisiamo subentrati/ewe have subrogated
voisiete subentrati/eyou (pl.) have subrogated
lorosono subentrati/ethey have subrogated

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
ioero subentrato/aI had subrogated
tueri subentrato/ayou had subrogated
lui/leiera subentrato/ahe/she/it had subrogated
noieravamo subentrati/ewe had subrogated
voieravate subentrati/eyou (pl.) had subrogated
loroerano subentrati/ethey had subrogated

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
iosarei subentrato/a
tusaresti subentrato/a
lui/leisarebbe subentrato/a
noisaremmo subentrati/e
voisareste subentrati/e
lorosarebbero subentrati/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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosarò subentrato/aI will have subrogated
tusarai subentrato/ayou will have subrogated
lui/leisarà subentrato/ahe/she/it will have subrogated
noisaremo subentrati/ewe will have subrogated
voisarete subentrati/eyou (pl.) will have subrogated
lorosaranno subentrati/ethey will have subrogated

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
iosubentri
tusubentri
lui/leisubentri
noisubentriamo
voisubentriate
lorosubentrino

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
iosubentrassi
tusubentrassi
lui/leisubentrasse
noisubentrassimo
voisubentraste
lorosubentrassero

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
tusubentra
lui/leisubentri
noisubentriamo
voisubentrate
lorosubentrino

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 subentrare
lui/leinon subentri
noinon subentriamo
voinon subentrate
loronon subentrino