Lexis Rex Home

Conjugation of the Italian verb costruire

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

costruire is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
costruire	to build

Present		Scored
io costruisco	I build
tu costruisci	you build
lui costruisce	he builds
lei costruisce	she builds
noi costruiamo	we build
voi costruite	you build
loro costruiscono	they build

Imperfect		Scored
io costruivo	I was building
tu costruivi	you were building
lui costruiva	he was building
lei costruiva	she was building
noi costruivamo	we were building
voi costruivate	you were building
loro costruivano	they were building

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 costruii	I built
tu costruisti	you built
lui costruì	he built
lei costruì	she built
noi costruimmo	we built
voi costruiste	you built
loro costruirono	they built

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

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

Future		Scored
io costruirò	I will build
tu costruirai	you will build
lui costruirà	he will build
lei costruirà	she will build
noi costruiremo	we will build
voi costruirete	you will build
loro costruiranno	they will build

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

Conditional		Scored
io costruirei	I would build
tu costruiresti	you would build
lui costruirebbe	he would build
lei costruirebbe	she would build
noi costruiremmo	we would build
voi costruireste	you would build
loro costruirebbero	they would build

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io costruisca	(... that) I build
(... che) tu costruisca	(... that) you build
(... che) lui costruisca	(... that) he builds
(... che) lei costruisca	(... that) she builds
(... che) noi costruiamo	(... that) we build
(... che) voi costruiate	(... that) you build
(... che) loro costruiscano	(... that) they build

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io costruissi	(... that) I was building
(... che) tu costruissi	(... that) you were building
(... che) lui costruisse	(... that) he was building
(... che) lei costruisse	(... that) she was building
(... che) noi costruissimo	(... that) we were building
(... che) voi costruiste	(... that) you were building
(... che) loro costruissero	(... that) they were building

Imperative		Scored
costruisci	Build
costruiamo	Let's build
costruite	Build

Present Participle		Scored
costruente	building

Past Participle		Scored
costruito	built

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

Spelling change

Learn these with

Multiple Choice

Missing Verb Game

Swap Q/A