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Conjugation of the Italian verb temere

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

temere is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
temere	to fear

Present		Scored
io temo	I fear
temi	you fear
lui teme	he fears
lei teme	she fears
noi temiamo	we fear
voi temete	you fear
loro temono	they fear

Imperfect		Scored
io temevo	I was fearing
tu temevi	you were fearing
lui temeva	he was fearing
lei temeva	she was fearing
noi temevamo	we were fearing
voi temevate	you were fearing
loro temevano	they were fearing

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 temei	I feared
tu temesti	you feared
lui temé	he feared
lei temé	she feared
noi tememmo	we feared
voi temeste	you feared
loro temerono	they feared

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

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

Future		Scored
io temerò	I will fear
tu temerai	you will fear
lui temerà	he will fear
lei temerà	she will fear
noi temeremo	we will fear
voi temerete	you will fear
loro temeranno	they will fear

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

Conditional		Scored
io temerei	I would fear
tu temeresti	you would fear
lui temerebbe	he would fear
lei temerebbe	she would fear
noi temeremmo	we would fear
voi temereste	you would fear
loro temerebbero	they would fear

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io tema	(... that) I fear
(... che) tu tema	(... that) you fear
(... che) lui tema	(... that) he fears
(... che) lei tema	(... that) she fears
(... che) noi temiamo	(... that) we fear
(... che) voi temiate	(... that) you fear
(... che) loro temano	(... that) they fear

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io temessi	(... that) I was fearing
(... che) tu temessi	(... that) you were fearing
(... che) lui temesse	(... that) he was fearing
(... che) lei temesse	(... that) she was fearing
(... che) noi temessimo	(... that) we were fearing
(... che) voi temeste	(... that) you were fearing
(... che) loro temessero	(... that) they were fearing

Imperative		Scored
temi	Fear
temiamo	Let's fear
temete	Fear

Present Participle		Scored
temente	fearing

Past Participle		Scored
temuto	feared

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