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Conjugation of the Italian verb aspettare

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

Infinitive
aspettare	to wait

Present Indicative
tu aspetti	you wait
lui aspetta	he waits
lei aspetta	she waits
noi aspettiamo	we wait
voi aspettate	you wait
loro aspettano	they wait

Present Continuous / Presente Progressivo Note for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto aspettando	I am waiting
tu stai aspettando	you are waiting
lui sta aspettando	he is waiting
lei sta aspettando	she is waiting
noi stiamo aspettando	we are waiting
voi state aspettando	you are waiting
loro stanno aspettando	they are waiting

Imperfect Indicative
io aspettavo	I was waiting
tu aspettavi	you were waiting
lui aspettava	he was waiting
lei aspettava	she was waiting
noi aspettavamo	we were waiting
voi aspettavate	you were waiting
loro aspettavano	they were waiting

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.
io aspettai	I waited
tu aspettasti	you waited
lui aspettò	he waited
lei aspettò	she waited
noi aspettammo	we waited
voi aspettaste	you waited
loro aspettarono	they waited

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

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

Future Indicative
io aspetterò	I will wait
tu aspetterai	you will wait
lui aspetterà	he will wait
lei aspetterà	she will wait
noi aspetteremo	we will wait
voi aspetterete	you will wait
loro aspetteranno	they will wait

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.
io avrò aspettato	I will have waited
tu avrai aspettato	you will have waited
lui avrà aspettato	he will have waited
lei avrà aspettato	she will have waited
noi avremo aspettato	we will have waited
voi avrete aspettato	you will have waited
loro avranno aspettato	they will have waited

Conditional
io aspetterei	I would wait
tu aspetteresti	you would wait
lui aspetterebbe	he would wait
lei aspetterebbe	she would wait
noi aspetteremmo	we would wait
voi aspettereste	you would wait
loro aspetterebbero	they would wait

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.
io avrei aspettato	I would have waited
tu avresti aspettato	you would have waited
lui avrebbe aspettato	he would have waited
lei avrebbe aspettato	she would have waited
noi avremmo aspettato	we would have waited
voi avreste aspettato	you would have waited
loro avrebbero aspettato	they would have waited

Present Subjunctive
(... che) io aspetti	(... that) I wait
(... che) tu aspetti	(... that) you wait
(... che) lui aspetti	(... that) he waits
(... che) lei aspetti	(... that) she waits
(... che) noi aspettiamo	(... that) we wait
(... che) voi aspettiate	(... that) you wait
(... che) loro aspettino	(... that) they wait

Imperfect Subjunctive
(... che) je aspettassi	(... that) I was waiting
(... che) tu aspettassi	(... that) you were waiting
(... che) il aspettasse	(... that) he was waiting
(... che) elle aspettasse	(... that) she was waiting
(... che) nous aspettassimo	(... that) we were waiting
(... che) vous aspettaste	(... that) you were waiting
(... che) ils aspettassero	(... that) they were waiting
(... che) elles aspettassero	(... that) they were waiting

Imperative
aspetta	Wait
aspettiamo	Let's wait
aspettate	Wait

Present Participle
aspettante	waiting

Past Participle
aspettato	waited

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