vaccinare — Italian conjugation

to vaccinate

Frequency#1112Regular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iovaccinoI vaccinate
tuvacciniyou vaccinate
lui/leivaccinahe/she/it vaccinates
noivacciniamowe vaccinate
voivaccinateyou (pl.) vaccinate
lorovaccinanothey vaccinate

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iovaccinaiI vaccinated
tuvaccinastiyou vaccinated
lui/leivaccinòhe/she/it vaccinated
noivaccinammowe vaccinated
voivaccinasteyou (pl.) vaccinated
lorovaccinaronothey vaccinated

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.

PronounItalian
iovaccinavo
tuvaccinavi
lui/leivaccinava
noivaccinavamo
voivaccinavate
lorovaccinavano

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?

PronounItalianEnglish
iovaccinereiI would vaccinate
tuvaccinerestiyou would vaccinate
lui/leivaccinerebbehe/she/it would vaccinate
noivaccineremmowe would vaccinate
voivaccineresteyou (pl.) would vaccinate
lorovaccinerebberothey would vaccinate

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iovaccineròI will vaccinate
tuvaccineraiyou will vaccinate
lui/leivaccineràhe/she/it will vaccinate
noivaccineremowe will vaccinate
voivaccinereteyou (pl.) will vaccinate
lorovaccinerannothey will vaccinate

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho vaccinatoI have vaccinated
tuhai vaccinatoyou have vaccinated
lui/leiha vaccinatohe/she/it has vaccinated
noiabbiamo vaccinatowe have vaccinated
voiavete vaccinatoyou (pl.) have vaccinated
lorohanno vaccinatothey have vaccinated

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo vaccinatoI had vaccinated
tuavevi vaccinatoyou had vaccinated
lui/leiaveva vaccinatohe/she/it had vaccinated
noiavevamo vaccinatowe had vaccinated
voiavevate vaccinatoyou (pl.) had vaccinated
loroavevano vaccinatothey had vaccinated

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.

PronounItalian
ioavrei vaccinato
tuavresti vaccinato
lui/leiavrebbe vaccinato
noiavremmo vaccinato
voiavreste vaccinato
loroavrebbero vaccinato

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò vaccinatoI will have vaccinated
tuavrai vaccinatoyou will have vaccinated
lui/leiavrà vaccinatohe/she/it will have vaccinated
noiavremo vaccinatowe will have vaccinated
voiavrete vaccinatoyou (pl.) will have vaccinated
loroavranno vaccinatothey will have vaccinated

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.

PronounItalian
iovaccini
tuvaccini
lui/leivaccini
noivacciniamo
voivacciniate
lorovaccinino

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.

PronounItalian
iovaccinassi
tuvaccinassi
lui/leivaccinasse
noivaccinassimo
voivaccinaste
lorovaccinassero

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.

PronounItalian
tuvaccina
lui/leivaccini
noivacciniamo
voivaccinate
lorovaccinino

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.

PronounItalian
tunon vaccinare
lui/leinon vaccini
noinon vacciniamo
voinon vaccinate
loronon vaccinino