supportare — Italian conjugation
to support
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 | supporto | I support |
| tu | supporti | you support |
| lui/lei | supporta | he/she/it supports |
| noi | supportiamo | we support |
| voi | supportate | you (pl.) support |
| loro | supportano | they support |
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 | supportai | I supported |
| tu | supportasti | you supported |
| lui/lei | supportò | he/she/it supported |
| noi | supportammo | we supported |
| voi | supportaste | you (pl.) supported |
| loro | supportarono | they supported |
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 | supportavo |
| tu | supportavi |
| lui/lei | supportava |
| noi | supportavamo |
| voi | supportavate |
| loro | supportavano |
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 | supporterei | I would support |
| tu | supporteresti | you would support |
| lui/lei | supporterebbe | he/she/it would support |
| noi | supporteremmo | we would support |
| voi | supportereste | you (pl.) would support |
| loro | supporterebbero | they would support |
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 | supporterò | I will support |
| tu | supporterai | you will support |
| lui/lei | supporterà | he/she/it will support |
| noi | supporteremo | we will support |
| voi | supporterete | you (pl.) will support |
| loro | supporteranno | they will support |
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 supportato | I have supported |
| tu | hai supportato | you have supported |
| lui/lei | ha supportato | he/she/it has supported |
| noi | abbiamo supportato | we have supported |
| voi | avete supportato | you (pl.) have supported |
| loro | hanno supportato | they have supported |
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 supportato | I had supported |
| tu | avevi supportato | you had supported |
| lui/lei | aveva supportato | he/she/it had supported |
| noi | avevamo supportato | we had supported |
| voi | avevate supportato | you (pl.) had supported |
| loro | avevano supportato | they had supported |
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 supportato |
| tu | avresti supportato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe supportato |
| noi | avremmo supportato |
| voi | avreste supportato |
| loro | avrebbero supportato |
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 supportato | I will have supported |
| tu | avrai supportato | you will have supported |
| lui/lei | avrà supportato | he/she/it will have supported |
| noi | avremo supportato | we will have supported |
| voi | avrete supportato | you (pl.) will have supported |
| loro | avranno supportato | they will have supported |
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 | supporti |
| tu | supporti |
| lui/lei | supporti |
| noi | supportiamo |
| voi | supportiate |
| loro | supportino |
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 | supportassi |
| tu | supportassi |
| lui/lei | supportasse |
| noi | supportassimo |
| voi | supportaste |
| loro | supportassero |
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 | supporta |
| lui/lei | supporti |
| noi | supportiamo |
| voi | supportate |
| loro | supportino |
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 supportare |
| lui/lei | non supporti |
| noi | non supportiamo |
| voi | non supportate |
| loro | non supportino |