trattare — Italian conjugation
to treat
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 | tratto | I treat |
| tu | tratti | you treat |
| lui/lei | tratta | he/she/it treats |
| noi | trattiamo | we treat |
| voi | trattate | you (pl.) treat |
| loro | trattano | they treat |
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 | trattai | I treated |
| tu | trattasti | you treated |
| lui/lei | trattò | he/she/it treated |
| noi | trattammo | we treated |
| voi | trattaste | you (pl.) treated |
| loro | trattarono | they treated |
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 | trattavo |
| tu | trattavi |
| lui/lei | trattava |
| noi | trattavamo |
| voi | trattavate |
| loro | trattavano |
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 | tratterei | I would treat |
| tu | tratteresti | you would treat |
| lui/lei | tratterebbe | he/she/it would treat |
| noi | tratteremmo | we would treat |
| voi | trattereste | you (pl.) would treat |
| loro | tratterebbero | they would treat |
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 | tratterò | I will treat |
| tu | tratterai | you will treat |
| lui/lei | tratterà | he/she/it will treat |
| noi | tratteremo | we will treat |
| voi | tratterete | you (pl.) will treat |
| loro | tratteranno | they will treat |
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 trattato | I have treated |
| tu | hai trattato | you have treated |
| lui/lei | ha trattato | he/she/it has treated |
| noi | abbiamo trattato | we have treated |
| voi | avete trattato | you (pl.) have treated |
| loro | hanno trattato | they have treated |
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 trattato | I had treated |
| tu | avevi trattato | you had treated |
| lui/lei | aveva trattato | he/she/it had treated |
| noi | avevamo trattato | we had treated |
| voi | avevate trattato | you (pl.) had treated |
| loro | avevano trattato | they had treated |
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 trattato |
| tu | avresti trattato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe trattato |
| noi | avremmo trattato |
| voi | avreste trattato |
| loro | avrebbero trattato |
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 trattato | I will have treated |
| tu | avrai trattato | you will have treated |
| lui/lei | avrà trattato | he/she/it will have treated |
| noi | avremo trattato | we will have treated |
| voi | avrete trattato | you (pl.) will have treated |
| loro | avranno trattato | they will have treated |
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 | tratti |
| tu | tratti |
| lui/lei | tratti |
| noi | trattiamo |
| voi | trattiate |
| loro | trattino |
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 | trattassi |
| tu | trattassi |
| lui/lei | trattasse |
| noi | trattassimo |
| voi | trattaste |
| loro | trattassero |
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 | tratta |
| lui/lei | tratti |
| noi | trattiamo |
| voi | trattate |
| loro | trattino |
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 trattare |
| lui/lei | non tratti |
| noi | non trattiamo |
| voi | non trattate |
| loro | non trattino |