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Conjugation of the Italian verb dovere

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



InfinitiveScored
dovereto owe

PresentScored
io devoI owe
tu deviyou owe
lui devehe owes
lei deveshe owes
noi dobbiamowe owe
voi doveteyou owe
loro devonothey owe

ImperfectScored
io dovevoI was owing
tu doveviyou were owing
lui dovevahe was owing
lei dovevashe was owing
noi dovevamowe were owing
voi dovevateyou were owing
loro dovevanothey were owing

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 doveiI owed
tu dovestiyou owed
lui dovéhe owed
lei dovéshe owed
noi dovemmowe owed
voi dovesteyou owed
loro doveronothey owed

Past / Passato prossimoScored
io ho dovutoI owed
tu hai dovutoyou owed
lui ha dovutohe owed
lei ha dovutoshe owed
noi abbiamo dovutowe owed
voi avete dovutoyou owed
loro hanno dovutothey owed

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimoScored
io avevo dovutoI had owed
tu avevi dovutoyou had owed
lui aveva dovutohe had owed
lei aveva dovutoshe had owed
noi avevamo dovutowe had owed
voi avevate dovutoyou had owed
loro avevano dovutothey had owed

FutureScored
io dovròI will owe
tu dovraiyou will owe
lui dovràhe will owe
lei dovràshe will owe
noi dovremowe will owe
voi dovreteyou will owe
loro dovrannothey will owe

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 dovutoI will have owed
tu avrai dovutoyou will have owed
lui avrà dovutohe will have owed
lei avrà dovutoshe will have owed
noi avremo dovutowe will have owed
voi avrete dovutoyou will have owed
loro avranno dovutothey will have owed

ConditionalScored
io dovreiI would owe
tu dovrestiyou would owe
lui dovrebbehe would owe
lei dovrebbeshe would owe
noi dovremmowe would owe
voi dovresteyou would owe
loro dovrebberothey would owe

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 dovutoI would have owed
tu avresti dovutoyou would have owed
lui avrebbe dovutohe would have owed
lei avrebbe dovutoshe would have owed
noi avremmo dovutowe would have owed
voi avreste dovutoyou would have owed
loro avrebbero dovutothey would have owed

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io deva(... that) I owe
(... che) tu deva(... that) you owe
(... che) lui deva(... that) he owes
(... che) lei deva(... that) she owes
(... che) noi dobbiamo(... that) we owe
(... che) voi dobbiate(... that) you owe
(... che) loro devano(... that) they owe

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io dovessi(... that) I was owing
(... che) tu dovessi(... that) you were owing
(... che) lui dovesse(... that) he was owing
(... che) lei dovesse(... that) she was owing
(... che) noi dovessimo(... that) we were owing
(... che) voi doveste(... that) you were owing
(... che) loro dovessero(... that) they were owing

Present ParticipleScored
dovente owing

Past ParticipleScored
dovuto owed


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