violare — Italian conjugation
to violate
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 | violo | I violate |
| tu | violi | you violate |
| lui/lei | viola | he/she/it violates |
| noi | violiamo | we violate |
| voi | violate | you (pl.) violate |
| loro | violano | they violate |
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 | violai | I violated |
| tu | violasti | you violated |
| lui/lei | violò | he/she/it violated |
| noi | violammo | we violated |
| voi | violaste | you (pl.) violated |
| loro | violarono | they violated |
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 | violavo |
| tu | violavi |
| lui/lei | violava |
| noi | violavamo |
| voi | violavate |
| loro | violavano |
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 | violerei | I would violate |
| tu | violeresti | you would violate |
| lui/lei | violerebbe | he/she/it would violate |
| noi | violeremmo | we would violate |
| voi | violereste | you (pl.) would violate |
| loro | violerebbero | they would violate |
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 | violerò | I will violate |
| tu | violerai | you will violate |
| lui/lei | violerà | he/she/it will violate |
| noi | violeremo | we will violate |
| voi | violerete | you (pl.) will violate |
| loro | violeranno | they will violate |
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 violato | I have violated |
| tu | hai violato | you have violated |
| lui/lei | ha violato | he/she/it has violated |
| noi | abbiamo violato | we have violated |
| voi | avete violato | you (pl.) have violated |
| loro | hanno violato | they have violated |
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 violato | I had violated |
| tu | avevi violato | you had violated |
| lui/lei | aveva violato | he/she/it had violated |
| noi | avevamo violato | we had violated |
| voi | avevate violato | you (pl.) had violated |
| loro | avevano violato | they had violated |
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 violato |
| tu | avresti violato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe violato |
| noi | avremmo violato |
| voi | avreste violato |
| loro | avrebbero violato |
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 violato | I will have violated |
| tu | avrai violato | you will have violated |
| lui/lei | avrà violato | he/she/it will have violated |
| noi | avremo violato | we will have violated |
| voi | avrete violato | you (pl.) will have violated |
| loro | avranno violato | they will have violated |
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 | violi |
| tu | violi |
| lui/lei | violi |
| noi | violiamo |
| voi | violiate |
| loro | violino |
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 | violassi |
| tu | violassi |
| lui/lei | violasse |
| noi | violassimo |
| voi | violaste |
| loro | violassero |
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 | viola |
| lui/lei | violi |
| noi | violiamo |
| voi | violate |
| loro | violino |
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 violare |
| lui/lei | non violi |
| noi | non violiamo |
| voi | non violate |
| loro | non violino |