versare — Italian conjugation

to pour, to decant

Frequency#445Regular

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
ioversoI pour
tuversiyou pour
lui/leiversahe/she/it pours
noiversiamowe pour
voiversateyou (pl.) pour
loroversanothey pour

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
ioversaiI poured
tuversastiyou poured
lui/leiversòhe/she/it poured
noiversammowe poured
voiversasteyou (pl.) poured
loroversaronothey poured

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
ioversavo
tuversavi
lui/leiversava
noiversavamo
voiversavate
loroversavano

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
ioversereiI would pour
tuverserestiyou would pour
lui/leiverserebbehe/she/it would pour
noiverseremmowe would pour
voiverseresteyou (pl.) would pour
loroverserebberothey would pour

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
ioverseròI will pour
tuverseraiyou will pour
lui/leiverseràhe/she/it will pour
noiverseremowe will pour
voiversereteyou (pl.) will pour
loroverserannothey will pour

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 versatoI have poured
tuhai versatoyou have poured
lui/leiha versatohe/she/it has poured
noiabbiamo versatowe have poured
voiavete versatoyou (pl.) have poured
lorohanno versatothey have poured

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 versatoI had poured
tuavevi versatoyou had poured
lui/leiaveva versatohe/she/it had poured
noiavevamo versatowe had poured
voiavevate versatoyou (pl.) had poured
loroavevano versatothey had poured

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 versato
tuavresti versato
lui/leiavrebbe versato
noiavremmo versato
voiavreste versato
loroavrebbero versato

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 versatoI will have poured
tuavrai versatoyou will have poured
lui/leiavrà versatohe/she/it will have poured
noiavremo versatowe will have poured
voiavrete versatoyou (pl.) will have poured
loroavranno versatothey will have poured

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
ioversi
tuversi
lui/leiversi
noiversiamo
voiversiate
loroversino

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
ioversassi
tuversassi
lui/leiversasse
noiversassimo
voiversaste
loroversassero

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
tuversa
lui/leiversi
noiversiamo
voiversate
loroversino

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 versare
lui/leinon versi
noinon versiamo
voinon versate
loronon versino