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Conjugation of the Italian verb comprare

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

comprare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
comprare	to buy

Present		Scored
io compro	I buy
tu compri	you buy
lui compra	he buys
lei compra	she buys
noi compriamo	we buy
voi comprate	you buy
loro comprano	they buy

Imperfect		Scored
io compravo	I was buying
tu compravi	you were buying
lui comprava	he was buying
lei comprava	she was buying
noi compravamo	we were buying
voi compravate	you were buying
loro compravano	they were buying

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 comprai	I bought
tu comprasti	you bought
lui comprò	he bought
lei comprò	she bought
noi comprammo	we bought
voi compraste	you bought
loro comprarono	they bought

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

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

Future		Scored
io comprerò	I will buy
tu comprerai	you will buy
lui comprerà	he will buy
lei comprerà	she will buy
noi compreremo	we will buy
voi comprerete	you will buy
loro compreranno	they will buy

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 comprato	I will have bought
tu avrai comprato	you will have bought
lui avrà comprato	he will have bought
lei avrà comprato	she will have bought
noi avremo comprato	we will have bought
voi avrete comprato	you will have bought
loro avranno comprato	they will have bought

Conditional		Scored
io comprerei	I would buy
tu compreresti	you would buy
lui comprerebbe	he would buy
lei comprerebbe	she would buy
noi compreremmo	we would buy
voi comprereste	you would buy
loro comprerebbero	they would buy

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 comprato	I would have bought
tu avresti comprato	you would have bought
lui avrebbe comprato	he would have bought
lei avrebbe comprato	she would have bought
noi avremmo comprato	we would have bought
voi avreste comprato	you would have bought
loro avrebbero comprato	they would have bought

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io compri	(... that) I buy
(... che) tu compri	(... that) you buy
(... che) lui compri	(... that) he buys
(... che) lei compri	(... that) she buys
(... che) noi compriamo	(... that) we buy
(... che) voi compriate	(... that) you buy
(... che) loro comprino	(... that) they buy

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io comprassi	(... that) I was buying
(... che) tu comprassi	(... that) you were buying
(... che) lui comprasse	(... that) he was buying
(... che) lei comprasse	(... that) she was buying
(... che) noi comprassimo	(... that) we were buying
(... che) voi compraste	(... that) you were buying
(... che) loro comprassero	(... that) they were buying

Imperative		Scored
compra	Buy
compriamo	Let's buy
comprate	Buy

Present Participle		Scored
comprante	buying

Past Participle		Scored
comprato	bought

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