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Conjugation of the Italian verb contenere

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

contenere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
contenere	to contain

Present		Scored
io contengo	I contain
tu contieni	you contain
lui contiene	he contains
lei contiene	she contains
noi conteniamo	we contain
voi contenete	you contain
loro contengono	they contain

Imperfect		Scored
io contenevo	I was containing
tu contenevi	you were containing
lui conteneva	he was containing
lei conteneva	she was containing
noi contenevamo	we were containing
voi contenevate	you were containing
loro contenevano	they were containing

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 contenni	I contained
tu contenesti	you contained
lui contenne	he contained
lei contenne	she contained
noi contenemmo	we contained
voi conteneste	you contained
loro contennero	they contained

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

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

Future		Scored
io conterrò	I will contain
tu conterrai	you will contain
lui conterrà	he will contain
lei conterrà	she will contain
noi conterremo	we will contain
voi conterrete	you will contain
loro conterranno	they will contain

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

Conditional		Scored
io conterrei	I would contain
tu conterresti	you would contain
lui conterrebbe	he would contain
lei conterrebbe	she would contain
noi conterremmo	we would contain
voi conterreste	you would contain
loro conterrebbero	they would contain

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io contenga	(... that) I contain
(... che) tu contenga	(... that) you contain
(... che) lui contenga	(... that) he contains
(... che) lei contenga	(... that) she contains
(... che) noi conteniamo	(... that) we contain
(... che) voi conteniate	(... that) you contain
(... che) loro contengano	(... that) they contain

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io contenessi	(... that) I was containing
(... che) tu contenessi	(... that) you were containing
(... che) lui contenesse	(... that) he was containing
(... che) lei contenesse	(... that) she was containing
(... che) noi contenessimo	(... that) we were containing
(... che) voi conteneste	(... that) you were containing
(... che) loro contenessero	(... that) they were containing

Imperative		Scored
contieni	Contain
conteniamo	Let's contain
contenete	Contain

Present Participle		Scored
contenente	containing

Past Participle		Scored
contenuto	contained

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