succhiare — Italian conjugation

to suck

Frequency#837Regular

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
iosucchioI suck
tusucchiyou suck
lui/leisucchiahe/she/it sucks
noisucchiamowe suck
voisucchiateyou (pl.) suck
lorosucchianothey suck

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
iosucchiaiI sucked
tusucchiastiyou sucked
lui/leisucchiòhe/she/it sucked
noisucchiammowe sucked
voisucchiasteyou (pl.) sucked
lorosucchiaronothey sucked

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
iosucchiavo
tusucchiavi
lui/leisucchiava
noisucchiavamo
voisucchiavate
lorosucchiavano

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
iosucchiereiI would suck
tusucchierestiyou would suck
lui/leisucchierebbehe/she/it would suck
noisucchieremmowe would suck
voisucchieresteyou (pl.) would suck
lorosucchierebberothey would suck

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
iosucchieròI will suck
tusucchieraiyou will suck
lui/leisucchieràhe/she/it will suck
noisucchieremowe will suck
voisucchiereteyou (pl.) will suck
lorosucchierannothey will suck

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 succhiatoI have sucked
tuhai succhiatoyou have sucked
lui/leiha succhiatohe/she/it has sucked
noiabbiamo succhiatowe have sucked
voiavete succhiatoyou (pl.) have sucked
lorohanno succhiatothey have sucked

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 succhiatoI had sucked
tuavevi succhiatoyou had sucked
lui/leiaveva succhiatohe/she/it had sucked
noiavevamo succhiatowe had sucked
voiavevate succhiatoyou (pl.) had sucked
loroavevano succhiatothey had sucked

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 succhiato
tuavresti succhiato
lui/leiavrebbe succhiato
noiavremmo succhiato
voiavreste succhiato
loroavrebbero succhiato

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 succhiatoI will have sucked
tuavrai succhiatoyou will have sucked
lui/leiavrà succhiatohe/she/it will have sucked
noiavremo succhiatowe will have sucked
voiavrete succhiatoyou (pl.) will have sucked
loroavranno succhiatothey will have sucked

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
iosucchi
tusucchi
lui/leisucchi
noisucchiamo
voisucchiate
lorosucchino

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
iosucchiassi
tusucchiassi
lui/leisucchiasse
noisucchiassimo
voisucchiaste
lorosucchiassero

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
tusucchia
lui/leisucchi
noisucchiamo
voisucchiate
lorosucchino

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 succhiare
lui/leinon succhi
noinon succhiamo
voinon succhiate
loronon succhino