truccare — Italian conjugation
to make up (apply cosmetics)
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 | trucco | I make up |
| tu | trucchi | you make up |
| lui/lei | trucca | he/she/it makes up |
| noi | trucchiamo | we make up |
| voi | truccate | you (pl.) make up |
| loro | truccano | they make up |
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 | truccai | I made up |
| tu | truccasti | you made up |
| lui/lei | truccò | he/she/it made up |
| noi | truccammo | we made up |
| voi | truccaste | you (pl.) made up |
| loro | truccarono | they made up |
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 | truccavo |
| tu | truccavi |
| lui/lei | truccava |
| noi | truccavamo |
| voi | truccavate |
| loro | truccavano |
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 | truccherei | I would make up |
| tu | truccheresti | you would make up |
| lui/lei | truccherebbe | he/she/it would make up |
| noi | truccheremmo | we would make up |
| voi | trucchereste | you (pl.) would make up |
| loro | truccherebbero | they would make up |
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 | truccherò | I will make up |
| tu | truccherai | you will make up |
| lui/lei | truccherà | he/she/it will make up |
| noi | truccheremo | we will make up |
| voi | truccherete | you (pl.) will make up |
| loro | truccheranno | they will make up |
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 truccato | I have made up |
| tu | hai truccato | you have made up |
| lui/lei | ha truccato | he/she/it has made up |
| noi | abbiamo truccato | we have made up |
| voi | avete truccato | you (pl.) have made up |
| loro | hanno truccato | they have made up |
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 truccato | I had made up |
| tu | avevi truccato | you had made up |
| lui/lei | aveva truccato | he/she/it had made up |
| noi | avevamo truccato | we had made up |
| voi | avevate truccato | you (pl.) had made up |
| loro | avevano truccato | they had made up |
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 truccato |
| tu | avresti truccato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe truccato |
| noi | avremmo truccato |
| voi | avreste truccato |
| loro | avrebbero truccato |
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 truccato | I will have made up |
| tu | avrai truccato | you will have made up |
| lui/lei | avrà truccato | he/she/it will have made up |
| noi | avremo truccato | we will have made up |
| voi | avrete truccato | you (pl.) will have made up |
| loro | avranno truccato | they will have made up |
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 | trucchi |
| tu | trucchi |
| lui/lei | trucchi |
| noi | trucchiamo |
| voi | trucchiate |
| loro | trucchino |
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 | truccassi |
| tu | truccassi |
| lui/lei | truccasse |
| noi | truccassimo |
| voi | truccaste |
| loro | truccassero |
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 | trucca |
| lui/lei | trucchi |
| noi | trucchiamo |
| voi | truccate |
| loro | trucchino |
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 truccare |
| lui/lei | non trucchi |
| noi | non trucchiamo |
| voi | non truccate |
| loro | non trucchino |