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Conjugation of the Italian verb tacere

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

tacere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
tacere	to shut up

Present		Scored
io taccio	I shut up
lui tace	he shuts up
lei tace	she shuts up
noi tacciamo	we shut up
voi tacete	you shut up
loro tacciono	they shut up

Imperfect		Scored
io tacevo	I was shutting up
tu tacevi	you were shutting up
lui taceva	he was shutting up
lei taceva	she was shutting up
noi tacevamo	we were shutting up
voi tacevate	you were shutting up
loro tacevano	they were shutting up

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 tacqui	up
tu tacesti	up
lui tacque	up
lei tacque	up
noi tacemmo	up
voi taceste	up
loro tacquero	up

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho taciuto	up
tu hai taciuto	up
lui ha taciuto	up
lei ha taciuto	up
noi abbiamo taciuto	up
voi avete taciuto	up
loro hanno taciuto	up

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo taciuto	up
tu avevi taciuto	up
lui aveva taciuto	up
lei aveva taciuto	up
noi avevamo taciuto	up
voi avevate taciuto	up
loro avevano taciuto	up

Future		Scored
io tacerò	I will shut up
tu tacerai	you will shut up
lui tacerà	he will shut up
lei tacerà	she will shut up
noi taceremo	we will shut up
voi tacerete	you will shut up
loro taceranno	they will shut up

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 taciuto	up
tu avrai taciuto	up
lui avrà taciuto	up
lei avrà taciuto	up
noi avremo taciuto	up
voi avrete taciuto	up
loro avranno taciuto	up

Conditional		Scored
io tacerei	I would shut up
tu taceresti	you would shut up
lui tacerebbe	he would shut up
lei tacerebbe	she would shut up
noi taceremmo	we would shut up
voi tacereste	you would shut up
loro tacerebbero	they would shut up

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 taciuto	up
tu avresti taciuto	up
lui avrebbe taciuto	up
lei avrebbe taciuto	up
noi avremmo taciuto	up
voi avreste taciuto	up
loro avrebbero taciuto	up

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io taccia	(... that) I shut up
(... che) tu taccia	(... that) you shut up
(... che) lui taccia	(... that) he shuts up
(... che) lei taccia	(... that) she shuts up
(... che) noi tacciamo	(... that) we shut up
(... che) voi tacciate	(... that) you shut up
(... che) loro tacciano	(... that) they shut up

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io tacessi	(... that) I was shutting up
(... che) tu tacessi	(... that) you were shutting up
(... che) lui tacesse	(... that) he was shutting up
(... che) lei tacesse	(... that) she was shutting up
(... che) noi tacessimo	(... that) we were shutting up
(... che) voi taceste	(... that) you were shutting up
(... che) loro tacessero	(... that) they were shutting up

Imperative		Scored
taci	Shut up
tacciamo	Let's shut up
tacete	Shut up

Present Participle		Scored
tacente	shutting up

Past Participle		Scored
taciuto	up

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