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Conjugation of the Italian verb perdere

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

perdere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
perdere	to lose

Present		Scored
io perdo	I lose
tu perdi	you lose
lui perde	he loses
lei perde	she loses
noi perdiamo	we lose
voi perdete	you lose
loro perdono	they lose

Imperfect		Scored
io perdevo	I was losing
tu perdevi	you were losing
lui perdeva	he was losing
lei perdeva	she was losing
noi perdevamo	we were losing
voi perdevate	you were losing
loro perdevano	they were losing

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 persi	I lost
tu perdesti	you lost
lui perse	he lost
lei perse	she lost
noi perdemmo	we lost
voi perdeste	you lost
loro persero	they lost

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

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

Future		Scored
io perderò	I will lose
tu perderai	you will lose
lui perderà	he will lose
lei perderà	she will lose
noi perderemo	we will lose
voi perderete	you will lose
loro perderanno	they will lose

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

Conditional		Scored
io perderei	I would lose
tu perderesti	you would lose
lui perderebbe	he would lose
lei perderebbe	she would lose
noi perderemmo	we would lose
voi perdereste	you would lose
loro perderebbero	they would lose

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io perda	(... that) I lose
(... che) tu perda	(... that) you lose
(... che) lui perda	(... that) he loses
(... che) lei perda	(... that) she loses
(... che) noi perdiamo	(... that) we lose
(... che) voi perdiate	(... that) you lose
(... che) loro perdano	(... that) they lose

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io perdessi	(... that) I was losing
(... che) tu perdessi	(... that) you were losing
(... che) lui perdesse	(... that) he was losing
(... che) lei perdesse	(... that) she was losing
(... che) noi perdessimo	(... that) we were losing
(... che) voi perdeste	(... that) you were losing
(... che) loro perdessero	(... that) they were losing

Imperative		Scored
perdi	Lose
perdiamo	Let's lose
perdete	Lose

Present Participle		Scored
perdente	losing

Past Participle		Scored
perso	lost

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