tollerare — Italian conjugation
to tolerate, to bear, to allow, to put up with
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 | tollero | I tolerate |
| tu | tolleri | you tolerate |
| lui/lei | tollera | he/she/it tolerates |
| noi | tolleriamo | we tolerate |
| voi | tollerate | you (pl.) tolerate |
| loro | tollerano | they tolerate |
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 | tollerai | I tolerated |
| tu | tollerasti | you tolerated |
| lui/lei | tollerò | he/she/it tolerated |
| noi | tollerammo | we tolerated |
| voi | tolleraste | you (pl.) tolerated |
| loro | tollerarono | they tolerated |
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 | tolleravo |
| tu | tolleravi |
| lui/lei | tollerava |
| noi | tolleravamo |
| voi | tolleravate |
| loro | tolleravano |
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 | tollererei | I would tolerate |
| tu | tollereresti | you would tolerate |
| lui/lei | tollererebbe | he/she/it would tolerate |
| noi | tollereremmo | we would tolerate |
| voi | tollerereste | you (pl.) would tolerate |
| loro | tollererebbero | they would tolerate |
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 | tollererò | I will tolerate |
| tu | tollererai | you will tolerate |
| lui/lei | tollererà | he/she/it will tolerate |
| noi | tollereremo | we will tolerate |
| voi | tollererete | you (pl.) will tolerate |
| loro | tollereranno | they will tolerate |
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 tollerato | I have tolerated |
| tu | hai tollerato | you have tolerated |
| lui/lei | ha tollerato | he/she/it has tolerated |
| noi | abbiamo tollerato | we have tolerated |
| voi | avete tollerato | you (pl.) have tolerated |
| loro | hanno tollerato | they have tolerated |
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 tollerato | I had tolerated |
| tu | avevi tollerato | you had tolerated |
| lui/lei | aveva tollerato | he/she/it had tolerated |
| noi | avevamo tollerato | we had tolerated |
| voi | avevate tollerato | you (pl.) had tolerated |
| loro | avevano tollerato | they had tolerated |
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 tollerato |
| tu | avresti tollerato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe tollerato |
| noi | avremmo tollerato |
| voi | avreste tollerato |
| loro | avrebbero tollerato |
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 tollerato | I will have tolerated |
| tu | avrai tollerato | you will have tolerated |
| lui/lei | avrà tollerato | he/she/it will have tolerated |
| noi | avremo tollerato | we will have tolerated |
| voi | avrete tollerato | you (pl.) will have tolerated |
| loro | avranno tollerato | they will have tolerated |
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 | tolleri |
| tu | tolleri |
| lui/lei | tolleri |
| noi | tolleriamo |
| voi | tolleriate |
| loro | tollerino |
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 | tollerassi |
| tu | tollerassi |
| lui/lei | tollerasse |
| noi | tollerassimo |
| voi | tolleraste |
| loro | tollerassero |
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 | tollera |
| lui/lei | tolleri |
| noi | tolleriamo |
| voi | tollerate |
| loro | tollerino |
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 tollerare |
| lui/lei | non tolleri |
| noi | non tolleriamo |
| voi | non tollerate |
| loro | non tollerino |