trovare — Italian conjugation
to find
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 | trovo | I find |
| tu | trovi | you find |
| lui/lei | trova | he/she/it finds |
| noi | troviamo | we find |
| voi | trovate | you (pl.) find |
| loro | trovano | they find |
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 | trovai | I found |
| tu | trovasti | you found |
| lui/lei | trovò | he/she/it found |
| noi | trovammo | we found |
| voi | trovaste | you (pl.) found |
| loro | trovarono | they found |
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 | trovavo |
| tu | trovavi |
| lui/lei | trovava |
| noi | trovavamo |
| voi | trovavate |
| loro | trovavano |
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 | troverei | I would find |
| tu | troveresti | you would find |
| lui/lei | troverebbe | he/she/it would find |
| noi | troveremmo | we would find |
| voi | trovereste | you (pl.) would find |
| loro | troverebbero | they would find |
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 | troverò | I will find |
| tu | troverai | you will find |
| lui/lei | troverà | he/she/it will find |
| noi | troveremo | we will find |
| voi | troverete | you (pl.) will find |
| loro | troveranno | they will find |
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 trovato | I have found |
| tu | hai trovato | you have found |
| lui/lei | ha trovato | he/she/it has found |
| noi | abbiamo trovato | we have found |
| voi | avete trovato | you (pl.) have found |
| loro | hanno trovato | they have found |
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 trovato | I had found |
| tu | avevi trovato | you had found |
| lui/lei | aveva trovato | he/she/it had found |
| noi | avevamo trovato | we had found |
| voi | avevate trovato | you (pl.) had found |
| loro | avevano trovato | they had found |
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 trovato |
| tu | avresti trovato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe trovato |
| noi | avremmo trovato |
| voi | avreste trovato |
| loro | avrebbero trovato |
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 trovato | I will have found |
| tu | avrai trovato | you will have found |
| lui/lei | avrà trovato | he/she/it will have found |
| noi | avremo trovato | we will have found |
| voi | avrete trovato | you (pl.) will have found |
| loro | avranno trovato | they will have found |
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 | trovi |
| tu | trovi |
| lui/lei | trovi |
| noi | troviamo |
| voi | troviate |
| loro | trovino |
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 | trovassi |
| tu | trovassi |
| lui/lei | trovasse |
| noi | trovassimo |
| voi | trovaste |
| loro | trovassero |
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 | trova |
| lui/lei | trovi |
| noi | troviamo |
| voi | trovate |
| loro | trovino |
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 trovare |
| lui/lei | non trovi |
| noi | non troviamo |
| voi | non trovate |
| loro | non trovino |