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Conjugation of the Italian verb adottare

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb adottare, along with their English translations.

adottare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
adottare	to adopt

Present		Scored
io adotto	I adopt
tu adotti	you adopt
lui adotta	he adopts
lei adotta	she adopts
noi adottiamo	we adopt
voi adottate	you adopt
loro adottano	they adopt

Imperfect		Scored
io adottavo	I was adopting
tu adottavi	you were adopting
lui adottava	he was adopting
lei adottava	she was adopting
noi adottavamo	we were adopting
voi adottavate	you were adopting
loro adottavano	they were adopting

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io adottai	I adopted
tu adottasti	you adopted
lui adottò	he adopted
lei adottò	she adopted
noi adottammo	we adopted
voi adottaste	you adopted
loro adottarono	they adopted

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho adottato	I adopted
tu hai adottato	you adopted
lui ha adottato	he adopted
lei ha adottato	she adopted
noi abbiamo adottato	we adopted
voi avete adottato	you adopted
loro hanno adottato	they adopted

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo adottato	I had adopted
tu avevi adottato	you had adopted
lui aveva adottato	he had adopted
lei aveva adottato	she had adopted
noi avevamo adottato	we had adopted
voi avevate adottato	you had adopted
loro avevano adottato	they had adopted

Future		Scored
io adotterò	I will adopt
tu adotterai	you will adopt
lui adotterà	he will adopt
lei adotterà	she will adopt
noi adotteremo	we will adopt
voi adotterete	you will adopt
loro adotteranno	they will adopt

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò adottato	I will have adopted
tu avrai adottato	you will have adopted
lui avrà adottato	he will have adopted
lei avrà adottato	she will have adopted
noi avremo adottato	we will have adopted
voi avrete adottato	you will have adopted
loro avranno adottato	they will have adopted

Conditional		Scored
io adotterei	I would adopt
tu adotteresti	you would adopt
lui adotterebbe	he would adopt
lei adotterebbe	she would adopt
noi adotteremmo	we would adopt
voi adottereste	you would adopt
loro adotterebbero	they would adopt

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei adottato	I would have adopted
tu avresti adottato	you would have adopted
lui avrebbe adottato	he would have adopted
lei avrebbe adottato	she would have adopted
noi avremmo adottato	we would have adopted
voi avreste adottato	you would have adopted
loro avrebbero adottato	they would have adopted

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io adotti	(... that) I adopt
(... che) tu adotti	(... that) you adopt
(... che) lui adotti	(... that) he adopts
(... che) lei adotti	(... that) she adopts
(... che) noi adottiamo	(... that) we adopt
(... che) voi adottiate	(... that) you adopt
(... che) loro adottino	(... that) they adopt

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io adottassi	(... that) I was adopting
(... che) tu adottassi	(... that) you were adopting
(... che) lui adottasse	(... that) he was adopting
(... che) lei adottasse	(... that) she was adopting
(... che) noi adottassimo	(... that) we were adopting
(... che) voi adottaste	(... that) you were adopting
(... che) loro adottassero	(... that) they were adopting

Imperative		Scored
adotta	Adopt
adottiamo	Let's adopt
adottate	Adopt

Present Participle		Scored
adottante	adopting

Past Participle		Scored
adottato	adopted

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