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Conjugation of the Italian verb provare

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

provare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
provare	to try

Present		Scored
io provo	I try
tu provi	you try
lui prova	he tries
lei prova	she tries
noi proviamo	we try
voi provate	you try
loro provano	they try

Imperfect		Scored
io provavo	I was trying
tu provavi	you were trying
lui provava	he was trying
lei provava	she was trying
noi provavamo	we were trying
voi provavate	you were trying
loro provavano	they were trying

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 provai	I tried
tu provasti	you tried
lui provò	he tried
lei provò	she tried
noi provammo	we tried
voi provaste	you tried
loro provarono	they tried

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

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

Future		Scored
io proverò	I will try
tu proverai	you will try
lui proverà	he will try
lei proverà	she will try
noi proveremo	we will try
voi proverete	you will try
loro proveranno	they will try

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

Conditional		Scored
io proverei	I would try
tu proveresti	you would try
lui proverebbe	he would try
lei proverebbe	she would try
noi proveremmo	we would try
voi provereste	you would try
loro proverebbero	they would try

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io provi	(... that) I try
(... che) tu provi	(... that) you try
(... che) lui provi	(... that) he tries
(... che) lei provi	(... that) she tries
(... che) noi proviamo	(... that) we try
(... che) voi proviate	(... that) you try
(... che) loro provino	(... that) they try

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) provassi	(... that) I was trying
(... che) provassi	(... that) you were trying
(... che) lui provasse	(... that) he was trying
(... che) lei provasse	(... that) she was trying
(... che) noi provassimo	(... that) we were trying
(... che) voi provaste	(... that) you were trying
(... che) loro provassero	(... that) they were trying

Imperative		Scored
prova	Try
proviamo	Let's try
provate	Try

Present Participle		Scored
provante	trying

Past Participle		Scored
provato	tried

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