visitare — Italian conjugation
to visit
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 | visito | I visit |
| tu | visiti | you visit |
| lui/lei | visita | he/she/it visits |
| noi | visitiamo | we visit |
| voi | visitate | you (pl.) visit |
| loro | visitano | they visit |
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 | visitai | I visited |
| tu | visitasti | you visited |
| lui/lei | visitò | he/she/it visited |
| noi | visitammo | we visited |
| voi | visitaste | you (pl.) visited |
| loro | visitarono | they visited |
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 | visitavo |
| tu | visitavi |
| lui/lei | visitava |
| noi | visitavamo |
| voi | visitavate |
| loro | visitavano |
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 | visiterei | I would visit |
| tu | visiteresti | you would visit |
| lui/lei | visiterebbe | he/she/it would visit |
| noi | visiteremmo | we would visit |
| voi | visitereste | you (pl.) would visit |
| loro | visiterebbero | they would visit |
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 | visiterò | I will visit |
| tu | visiterai | you will visit |
| lui/lei | visiterà | he/she/it will visit |
| noi | visiteremo | we will visit |
| voi | visiterete | you (pl.) will visit |
| loro | visiteranno | they will visit |
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 visitato | I have visited |
| tu | hai visitato | you have visited |
| lui/lei | ha visitato | he/she/it has visited |
| noi | abbiamo visitato | we have visited |
| voi | avete visitato | you (pl.) have visited |
| loro | hanno visitato | they have visited |
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 visitato | I had visited |
| tu | avevi visitato | you had visited |
| lui/lei | aveva visitato | he/she/it had visited |
| noi | avevamo visitato | we had visited |
| voi | avevate visitato | you (pl.) had visited |
| loro | avevano visitato | they had visited |
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 visitato |
| tu | avresti visitato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe visitato |
| noi | avremmo visitato |
| voi | avreste visitato |
| loro | avrebbero visitato |
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 visitato | I will have visited |
| tu | avrai visitato | you will have visited |
| lui/lei | avrà visitato | he/she/it will have visited |
| noi | avremo visitato | we will have visited |
| voi | avrete visitato | you (pl.) will have visited |
| loro | avranno visitato | they will have visited |
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 | visiti |
| tu | visiti |
| lui/lei | visiti |
| noi | visitiamo |
| voi | visitiate |
| loro | visitino |
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 | visitassi |
| tu | visitassi |
| lui/lei | visitasse |
| noi | visitassimo |
| voi | visitaste |
| loro | visitassero |
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 | visita |
| lui/lei | visiti |
| noi | visitiamo |
| voi | visitate |
| loro | visitino |
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 visitare |
| lui/lei | non visiti |
| noi | non visitiamo |
| voi | non visitate |
| loro | non visitino |