Verb conjugator

Italian verb conjugation tables

Type any Italian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

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Italian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Italian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like parlare (to speak) or essere (to be), or type any Italian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing parlare (to speak) · regular -are

parlare

to speak regular -are
Presente
io parlo
tu parli
lui/lei parla
noi parliamo
voi parlate
loro parlano
Passato prossimo
io ho parlato
tu hai parlato
lui/lei ha parlato
noi abbiamo parlato
voi avete parlato
loro hanno parlato
Futuro semplice
io parlerò
tu parlerai
lui/lei parlerà
noi parleremo
voi parlerete
loro parleranno

How Italian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Presente, Passato prossimo, Futuro semplice.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (regular -are for parlare, for example). Irregular verbs like essere (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Italian, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

150 most common Italian verbs

Each verb has a page of its own with every tense as a table, the irregular forms marked and example sentences. Irregular verbs are marked with an orange dot.

  1. essere to be irregular
  2. avere to have irregular
  3. andare to go irregular
  4. volere to want irregular
  5. fare to do, make irregular
  6. potere to be able to irregular
  7. dovere to have to irregular
  8. sapere to know (a fact) irregular
  9. uscire to go out irregular
  10. venire to come irregular
  11. stare to stay, be irregular
  12. mangiare to eat
  13. parlare to speak
  14. dare to give irregular
  15. dire to say, tell irregular
  16. vedere to see irregular
  17. trovare to find
  18. prendere to take irregular
  19. capire to understand
  20. pensare to think
  21. vivere to live irregular
  22. mettere to put irregular
  23. leggere to read irregular
  24. lavorare to work
  25. sentire to hear, feel
  26. perdere to lose irregular
  27. passare to pass, spend
  28. cambiare to change
  29. portare to bring, carry
  30. piacere to like, please irregular
  31. diventare to become
  32. partire to leave, depart
  33. arrivare to arrive
  34. tornare to return
  35. scrivere to write irregular
  36. cercare to look for
  37. usare to use
  38. entrare to enter
  39. ottenere to obtain irregular
  40. chiedere to ask for irregular
  41. creare to create
  42. guardare to watch, look
  43. conoscere to know (a person, place) irregular
  44. evitare to avoid
  45. morire to die irregular
  46. lasciare to leave, let
  47. seguire to follow
  48. giocare to play
  49. tenere to hold, keep irregular
  50. credere to believe
  51. pagare to pay
  52. provare to try
  53. aiutare to help
  54. raggiungere to reach irregular
  55. continuare to continue
  56. finire to finish
  57. rispondere to answer irregular
  58. scegliere to choose irregular
  59. iniziare to start
  60. rimanere to remain irregular
  61. mantenere to maintain irregular
  62. comprare to buy
  63. aspettare to wait
  64. ricordare to remember
  65. notare to notice
  66. studiare to study
  67. imparare to learn
  68. dormire to sleep
  69. aprire to open irregular
  70. vincere to win irregular
  71. costruire to build
  72. ridere to laugh irregular
  73. partecipare to participate
  74. aumentare to increase
  75. spiegare to explain
  76. salvare to save
  77. migliorare to improve
  78. controllare to check, control
  79. decidere to decide irregular
  80. ricevere to receive
  81. aggiungere to add irregular
  82. accettare to accept
  83. chiudere to close irregular
  84. riuscire to manage, succeed irregular
  85. chiamare to call
  86. restare to remain
  87. ascoltare to listen
  88. crescere to grow irregular
  89. dimostrare to demonstrate
  90. gestire to manage
  91. bere to drink irregular
  92. parere to seem irregular
  93. utilizzare to use
  94. considerare to consider
  95. discutere to discuss, argue irregular
  96. realizzare to achieve, realize
  97. smettere to stop, quit irregular
  98. condividere to share irregular
  99. uccidere to kill irregular
  100. immaginare to imagine
  101. vendere to sell
  102. mandare to send
  103. permettere to allow irregular
  104. produrre to produce irregular
  105. superare to overcome, pass
  106. dimenticare to forget
  107. offrire to offer irregular
  108. incontrare to meet
  109. cominciare to begin
  110. correre to run irregular
  111. salire to go up irregular
  112. fermare to stop
  113. raccontare to tell, recount
  114. riconoscere to recognize irregular
  115. sembrare to seem
  116. scendere to go down irregular
  117. presentare to introduce, present
  118. esprimere to express irregular
  119. togliere to remove irregular
  120. piangere to cry irregular
  121. assumere to hire, assume irregular
  122. organizzare to organize
  123. indicare to indicate
  124. mostrare to show
  125. contare to count, matter
  126. guidare to drive, guide
  127. visitare to visit
  128. rispettare to respect
  129. preparare to prepare
  130. viaggiare to travel
  131. comunicare to communicate
  132. servire to serve, be needed
  133. guadagnare to earn
  134. acquistare to purchase
  135. rappresentare to represent
  136. pubblicare to publish
  137. sviluppare to develop
  138. amare to love
  139. rompere to break irregular
  140. inviare to send
  141. sopravvivere to survive irregular
  142. verificare to verify
  143. funzionare to work, function
  144. camminare to walk
  145. suonare to play, ring
  146. sperare to hope
  147. cantare to sing
  148. insegnare to teach
  149. tirare to pull
  150. tagliare to cut

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Italian verbs?

To conjugate a Italian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take parlare (to speak): in the io form it is parlo now, ho parlato in the past, and parlerò in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Italian verbs?

The most common Italian verbs include parlare (to speak), credere (to believe), dormire (to sleep), finire (to finish), essere (to be), avere (to have), fare (to do, to make), andare (to go). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Italian verb conjugation hard?

Italian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Italian is FSI Category I, about 750 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Italian have?

These three, Presente, Passato prossimo, Futuro semplice, are the core of everyday Italian and the right place to start. Real Italian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.