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Conjugation of the Italian verb trattenere

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

trattenere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
trattenere	to restrain

Present		Scored
io trattengo	I restrain
tu trattieni	you restrain
lui trattiene	he restrains
lei trattiene	she restrains
noi tratteniamo	we restrain
voi trattenete	you restrain
loro trattengono	they restrain

Imperfect		Scored
io trattenevo	I was restraining
tu trattenevi	you were restraining
lui tratteneva	he was restraining
lei tratteneva	she was restraining
noi trattenevamo	we were restraining
voi trattenevate	you were restraining
loro trattenevano	they were restraining

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 trattenni	I restrained
tu trattenesti	you restrained
lui trattenne	he restrained
lei trattenne	she restrained
noi trattenemmo	we restrained
voi tratteneste	you restrained
loro trattennero	they restrained

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

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

Future		Scored
io tratterrò	I will restrain
tu tratterrai	you will restrain
lui tratterrà	he will restrain
lei tratterrà	she will restrain
noi tratterremo	we will restrain
voi tratterrete	you will restrain
loro tratterranno	they will restrain

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

Conditional		Scored
io tratterrei	I would restrain
tu tratterresti	you would restrain
lui tratterrebbe	he would restrain
lei tratterrebbe	she would restrain
noi tratterremmo	we would restrain
voi tratterreste	you would restrain
loro tratterrebbero	they would restrain

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io trattenga	(... that) I restrain
(... che) tu trattenga	(... that) you restrain
(... che) lui trattenga	(... that) he restrains
(... che) lei trattenga	(... that) she restrains
(... che) noi tratteniamo	(... that) we restrain
(... che) voi tratteniate	(... that) you restrain
(... che) loro trattengano	(... that) they restrain

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io trattenessi	(... that) I was restraining
(... che) tu trattenessi	(... that) you were restraining
(... che) lui trattenesse	(... that) he was restraining
(... che) lei trattenesse	(... that) she was restraining
(... che) noi trattenessimo	(... that) we were restraining
(... che) voi tratteneste	(... that) you were restraining
(... che) loro trattenessero	(... that) they were restraining

Imperative		Scored
trattieni	Restrain
tratteniamo	Let's restrain
trattenete	Restrain

Present Participle		Scored
trattenente	restraining

Past Participle		Scored
trattenuto	restrained

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