sudare — Italian conjugation

to sweat

Frequency#817Regular

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
iosudoI sweat
tusudiyou sweat
lui/leisudahe/she/it sweats
noisudiamowe sweat
voisudateyou (pl.) sweat
lorosudanothey sweat

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
iosudaiI sweated
tusudastiyou sweated
lui/leisudòhe/she/it sweated
noisudammowe sweated
voisudasteyou (pl.) sweated
lorosudaronothey sweated

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
iosudavo
tusudavi
lui/leisudava
noisudavamo
voisudavate
lorosudavano

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
iosudereiI would sweat
tusuderestiyou would sweat
lui/leisuderebbehe/she/it would sweat
noisuderemmowe would sweat
voisuderesteyou (pl.) would sweat
lorosuderebberothey would sweat

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
iosuderòI will sweat
tusuderaiyou will sweat
lui/leisuderàhe/she/it will sweat
noisuderemowe will sweat
voisudereteyou (pl.) will sweat
lorosuderannothey will sweat

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 sudatoI have sweated
tuhai sudatoyou have sweated
lui/leiha sudatohe/she/it has sweated
noiabbiamo sudatowe have sweated
voiavete sudatoyou (pl.) have sweated
lorohanno sudatothey have sweated

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 sudatoI had sweated
tuavevi sudatoyou had sweated
lui/leiaveva sudatohe/she/it had sweated
noiavevamo sudatowe had sweated
voiavevate sudatoyou (pl.) had sweated
loroavevano sudatothey had sweated

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 sudato
tuavresti sudato
lui/leiavrebbe sudato
noiavremmo sudato
voiavreste sudato
loroavrebbero sudato

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 sudatoI will have sweated
tuavrai sudatoyou will have sweated
lui/leiavrà sudatohe/she/it will have sweated
noiavremo sudatowe will have sweated
voiavrete sudatoyou (pl.) will have sweated
loroavranno sudatothey will have sweated

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
iosudi
tusudi
lui/leisudi
noisudiamo
voisudiate
lorosudino

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
iosudassi
tusudassi
lui/leisudasse
noisudassimo
voisudaste
lorosudassero

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
tusuda
lui/leisudi
noisudiamo
voisudate
lorosudino

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 sudare
lui/leinon sudi
noinon sudiamo
voinon sudate
loronon sudino