verificare — Italian conjugation

to verify

Frequency#469Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
ioverificoI verify
tuverifichiyou verify
lui/leiverificahe/she/it verifies
noiverifichiamowe verify
voiverificateyou (pl.) verify
loroverificanothey verify

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
ioverificaiI verified
tuverificastiyou verified
lui/leiverificòhe/she/it verified
noiverificammowe verified
voiverificasteyou (pl.) verified
loroverificaronothey verified

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
ioverificavo
tuverificavi
lui/leiverificava
noiverificavamo
voiverificavate
loroverificavano

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
ioverifichereiI would verify
tuverificherestiyou would verify
lui/leiverificherebbehe/she/it would verify
noiverificheremmowe would verify
voiverificheresteyou (pl.) would verify
loroverificherebberothey would verify

Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular

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
ioverificheròI will verify
tuverificheraiyou will verify
lui/leiverificheràhe/she/it will verify
noiverificheremowe will verify
voiverifichereteyou (pl.) will verify
loroverificherannothey will verify

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 verificatoI have verified
tuhai verificatoyou have verified
lui/leiha verificatohe/she/it has verified
noiabbiamo verificatowe have verified
voiavete verificatoyou (pl.) have verified
lorohanno verificatothey have verified

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 verificatoI had verified
tuavevi verificatoyou had verified
lui/leiaveva verificatohe/she/it had verified
noiavevamo verificatowe had verified
voiavevate verificatoyou (pl.) had verified
loroavevano verificatothey had verified

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 verificato
tuavresti verificato
lui/leiavrebbe verificato
noiavremmo verificato
voiavreste verificato
loroavrebbero verificato

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 verificatoI will have verified
tuavrai verificatoyou will have verified
lui/leiavrà verificatohe/she/it will have verified
noiavremo verificatowe will have verified
voiavrete verificatoyou (pl.) will have verified
loroavranno verificatothey will have verified

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular

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
ioverifichi
tuverifichi
lui/leiverifichi
noiverifichiamo
voiverifichiate
loroverifichino

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
ioverificassi
tuverificassi
lui/leiverificasse
noiverificassimo
voiverificaste
loroverificassero

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Irregular

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
tuverifica
lui/leiverifichi
noiverifichiamo
voiverificate
loroverifichino

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Irregular

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 verificare
lui/leinon verifichi
noinon verifichiamo
voinon verificate
loronon verifichino