trarre — Italian conjugation
to draw
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 | traggo | I draw |
| tu | trai | you draw |
| lui/lei | trae | he/she/it draws |
| noi | traiamo | we draw |
| voi | traete | you (pl.) draw |
| loro | traggono | they draw |
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 | trassi | I drew |
| tu | traesti | you drew |
| lui/lei | trasse | he/she/it drew |
| noi | traemmo | we drew |
| voi | traeste | you (pl.) drew |
| loro | trassero | they drew |
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 | traevo |
| tu | traevi |
| lui/lei | traeva |
| noi | traevamo |
| voi | traevate |
| loro | traevano |
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 | trarrei | I would draw |
| tu | trarresti | you would draw |
| lui/lei | trarrebbe | he/she/it would draw |
| noi | trarremmo | we would draw |
| voi | trarreste | you (pl.) would draw |
| loro | trarrebbero | they would draw |
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 | trarrò | I will draw |
| tu | trarrai | you will draw |
| lui/lei | trarrà | he/she/it will draw |
| noi | trarremo | we will draw |
| voi | trarrete | you (pl.) will draw |
| loro | trarranno | they will draw |
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 tratto | I have drawn |
| tu | hai tratto | you have drawn |
| lui/lei | ha tratto | he/she/it has drawn |
| noi | abbiamo tratto | we have drawn |
| voi | avete tratto | you (pl.) have drawn |
| loro | hanno tratto | they have drawn |
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 tratto | I had drawn |
| tu | avevi tratto | you had drawn |
| lui/lei | aveva tratto | he/she/it had drawn |
| noi | avevamo tratto | we had drawn |
| voi | avevate tratto | you (pl.) had drawn |
| loro | avevano tratto | they had drawn |
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 tratto |
| tu | avresti tratto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe tratto |
| noi | avremmo tratto |
| voi | avreste tratto |
| loro | avrebbero tratto |
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 tratto | I will have drawn |
| tu | avrai tratto | you will have drawn |
| lui/lei | avrà tratto | he/she/it will have drawn |
| noi | avremo tratto | we will have drawn |
| voi | avrete tratto | you (pl.) will have drawn |
| loro | avranno tratto | they will have drawn |
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 | tragga |
| tu | tragga |
| lui/lei | tragga |
| noi | traiamo |
| voi | traiate |
| loro | traggano |
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 | traessi |
| tu | traessi |
| lui/lei | traesse |
| noi | traessimo |
| voi | traeste |
| loro | traessero |
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 | trai |
| lui/lei | tragga |
| noi | traiamo |
| voi | traete |
| loro | traggano |
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 trarre |
| lui/lei | non tragga |
| noi | non traiamo |
| voi | non traete |
| loro | non traggano |