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Conjugation of the Italian verb scavare

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

scavare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
scavare	to dig

Present		Scored
io scavo	I dig
tu scavi	you dig
lui scava	he digs
lei scava	she digs
noi scaviamo	we dig
voi scavate	you dig
loro scavano	they dig

Imperfect		Scored
io scavavo	I was digging
tu scavavi	you were digging
lui scavava	he was digging
lei scavava	she was digging
noi scavavamo	we were digging
voi scavavate	you were digging
loro scavavano	they were digging

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 scavai	I dug
tu scavasti	you dug
lui scavò	he dug
lei scavò	she dug
noi scavammo	we dug
voi scavaste	you dug
loro scavarono	they dug

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

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

Future		Scored
io scaverò	I will dig
tu scaverai	you will dig
lui scaverà	he will dig
lei scaverà	she will dig
noi scaveremo	we will dig
voi scaverete	you will dig
loro scaveranno	they will dig

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

Conditional		Scored
io scaverei	I would dig
tu scaveresti	you would dig
lui scaverebbe	he would dig
lei scaverebbe	she would dig
noi scaveremmo	we would dig
voi scavereste	you would dig
loro scaverebbero	they would dig

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io scavi	(... that) I dig
(... che) tu scavi	(... that) you dig
(... che) lui scavi	(... that) he digs
(... che) lei scavi	(... that) she digs
(... che) noi scaviamo	(... that) we dig
(... che) voi scaviate	(... that) you dig
(... che) loro scavino	(... that) they dig

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io scavassi	(... that) I was digging
(... che) tu scavassi	(... that) you were digging
(... che) lui scavasse	(... that) he was digging
(... che) lei scavasse	(... that) she was digging
(... che) noi scavassimo	(... that) we were digging
(... che) voi scavaste	(... that) you were digging
(... che) loro scavassero	(... that) they were digging

Imperative		Scored
scava	Dig
scaviamo	Let's dig
scavate	Dig

Present Participle		Scored
scavante	digging

Past Participle		Scored
scavato	dug

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