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Conjugation of the Italian verb piacere

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

piacere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
piacere	to please

Present		Scored
io piaccio	I please
tu piaci	you please
lui piace	he pleases
lei piace	she pleases
noi piacciamo	we please
voi piacete	you please
loro piacciono	they please

Imperfect		Scored
io piacevo	I was pleasing
tu piacevi	you were pleasing
lui piaceva	he was pleasing
lei piaceva	she was pleasing
noi piacevamo	we were pleasing
voi piacevate	you were pleasing
loro piacevano	they were pleasing

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 piacqui	I pleased
tu piacesti	you pleased
lui piacque	he pleased
lei piacque	she pleased
noi piacemmo	we pleased
voi piaceste	you pleased
loro piacquero	they pleased

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io sono piaciuto	I pleased
tu sei piaciuto	you pleased
lui è piaciuto	he pleased
lei è piaciuta	she pleased
noi siamo piaciuti	we pleased
voi siete piaciuti	you pleased
loro sono piaciuti	they pleased
loro sono piaciute	they pleased

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io ero piaciuto	I had pleased
tu eri piaciuto	you had pleased
lui era piaciuto	he had pleased
lei era piaciuta	she had pleased
noi eravamo piaciuti	we had pleased
voi eravate piaciuti	you had pleased
loro erano piaciuti	they had pleased
loro erano piaciute	they had pleased

Future		Scored
io piacerò	I will please
tu piacerai	you will please
lui piacerà	he will please
lei piacerà	she will please
noi piaceremo	we will please
voi piacerete	you will please
loro piaceranno	they will please

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 sarò piaciuto	I will have pleased
tu sarai piaciuto	you will have pleased
lui sarà piaciuto	he will have pleased
lei sarà piaciuta	she will have pleased
noi saremo piaciuti	we will have pleased
voi sarete piaciuti	you will have pleased
loro saranno piaciuti	they will have pleased
loro saranno piaciute	they will have pleased

Conditional		Scored
io piacerei	I would please
tu piaceresti	you would please
lui piacerebbe	he would please
lei piacerebbe	she would please
noi piaceremmo	we would please
voi piacereste	you would please
loro piacerebbero	they would please

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 sarei piaciuto	I would have pleased
tu saresti piaciuto	you would have pleased
lui sarebbe piaciuto	he would have pleased
lei sarebbe piaciuta	she would have pleased
noi saremmo piaciuti	we would have pleased
voi sareste piaciuti	you would have pleased
loro sarebbero piaciuti	they would have pleased
loro sarebbero piaciute	they would have pleased

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io piaccia	(... that) I please
(... che) tu piaccia	(... that) you please
(... che) lui piaccia	(... that) he pleases
(... che) lei piaccia	(... that) she pleases
(... che) noi piacciamo	(... that) we please
(... che) voi piacciate	(... that) you please
(... che) loro piacciano	(... that) they please

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io piacessi	(... that) I was pleasing
(... che) tu piacessi	(... that) you were pleasing
(... che) lui piacesse	(... that) he was pleasing
(... che) lei piacesse	(... that) she was pleasing
(... che) noi piacessimo	(... that) we were pleasing
(... che) voi piaceste	(... that) you were pleasing
(... che) loro piacessero	(... that) they were pleasing

Imperative		Scored
piaci	Please
piacciamo	Let's please
piacete	Please

Present Participle		Scored
piacente	pleasing

Past Participle		Scored
piaciuto	pleased

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