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Conjugation of the Italian verb desiderare

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

desiderare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
desiderare	to desire

Present		Scored
io desidero	I desire
tu desideri	you desire
lui desidera	he desires
lei desidera	she desires
noi desideriamo	we desire
voi desiderate	you desire
loro desiderano	they desire

Imperfect		Scored
io desideravo	I was desiring
tu desideravi	you were desiring
lui desiderava	he was desiring
lei desiderava	she was desiring
noi desideravamo	we were desiring
voi desideravate	you were desiring
loro desideravano	they were desiring

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 desiderai	I desired
tu desiderasti	you desired
lui desiderò	he desired
lei desiderò	she desired
noi desiderammo	we desired
voi desideraste	you desired
loro desiderarono	they desired

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

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

Future		Scored
io desidererò	I will desire
tu desidererai	you will desire
lui desidererà	he will desire
lei desidererà	she will desire
noi desidereremo	we will desire
voi desidererete	you will desire
loro desidereranno	they will desire

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

Conditional		Scored
io desidererei	I would desire
tu desidereresti	you would desire
lui desidererebbe	he would desire
lei desidererebbe	she would desire
noi desidereremmo	we would desire
voi desiderereste	you would desire
loro desidererebbero	they would desire

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) desideri	(... that) I desire
(... che) desideri	(... that) you desire
(... che) desideri	(... that) he desires
(... che) desideri	(... that) she desires
(... che) noi desideriamo	(... that) we desire
(... che) voi desideriate	(... that) you desire
(... che) loro desiderino	(... that) they desire

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io desiderassi	(... that) I was desiring
(... che) tu desiderassi	(... that) you were desiring
(... che) lui desiderasse	(... that) he was desiring
(... che) lei desiderasse	(... that) she was desiring
(... che) noi desiderassimo	(... that) we were desiring
(... che) voi desideraste	(... that) you were desiring
(... che) loro desiderassero	(... that) they were desiring

Imperative		Scored
desidera	Desire
desideriamo	Let's desire
desiderate	Desire

Present Participle		Scored
desiderante	desiring

Past Participle		Scored
desiderato	desired

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