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Conjugation of the Italian verb recitare

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

recitare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
recitare	to act

Present		Scored
io recito	I act
tu reciti	you act
lui recita	he acts
lei recita	she acts
noi recitiamo	we act
voi recitate	you act
loro recitano	they act

Imperfect		Scored
io recitavo	I was acting
tu recitavi	you were acting
lui recitava	he was acting
lei recitava	she was acting
noi recitavamo	we were acting
voi recitavate	you were acting
loro recitavano	they were acting

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 recitai	I acted
tu recitasti	you acted
lui recitò	he acted
lei recitò	she acted
noi recitammo	we acted
voi recitaste	you acted
loro recitarono	they acted

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

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

Future		Scored
io reciterò	I will act
tu reciterai	you will act
lui reciterà	he will act
lei reciterà	she will act
noi reciteremo	we will act
voi reciterete	you will act
loro reciteranno	they will act

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

Conditional		Scored
io reciterei	I would act
tu reciteresti	you would act
lui reciterebbe	he would act
lei reciterebbe	she would act
noi reciteremmo	we would act
voi recitereste	you would act
loro reciterebbero	they would act

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io reciti	(... that) I act
(... che) tu reciti	(... that) you act
(... che) lui reciti	(... that) he acts
(... che) lei reciti	(... that) she acts
(... che) noi recitiamo	(... that) we act
(... che) voi recitiate	(... that) you act
(... che) loro recitino	(... that) they act

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io recitassi	(... that) I was acting
(... che) tu recitassi	(... that) you were acting
(... che) lui recitasse	(... that) he was acting
(... che) lei recitasse	(... that) she was acting
(... che) noi recitassimo	(... that) we were acting
(... che) voi recitaste	(... that) you were acting
(... che) loro recitassero	(... that) they were acting

Imperative		Scored
recita	Act
recitiamo	Let's act
recitate	Act

Present Participle		Scored
recitante	acting

Past Participle		Scored
recitato	acted

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