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Conjugation of the Italian verb pregare

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

pregare is a regular verb with spelling changes

Infinitive		Scored
pregare	to pray

Present		Scored
io prego	I pray
tu preghi	you pray
lui prega	he prays
lei prega	she prays
noi preghiamo	we pray
voi pregate	you pray
loro pregano	they pray

Imperfect		Scored
io pregavo	I was praying
tu pregavi	you were praying
lui pregava	he was praying
lei pregava	she was praying
noi pregavamo	we were praying
voi pregavate	you were praying
loro pregavano	they were praying

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 pregai	I prayed
tu pregasti	you prayed
lui pregò	he prayed
lei pregò	she prayed
noi pregammo	we prayed
voi pregaste	you prayed
loro pregarono	they prayed

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

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

Future		Scored
io pregherò	I will pray
tu pregherai	you will pray
lui pregherà	he will pray
lei pregherà	she will pray
noi pregheremo	we will pray
voi pregherete	you will pray
loro pregheranno	they will pray

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

Conditional		Scored
io pregherei	I would pray
tu pregheresti	you would pray
lui pregherebbe	he would pray
lei pregherebbe	she would pray
noi pregheremmo	we would pray
voi preghereste	you would pray
loro pregherebbero	they would pray

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io preghi	(... that) I pray
(... che) tu preghi	(... that) you pray
(... che) lui preghi	(... that) he prays
(... che) lei preghi	(... that) she prays
(... che) noi preghiamo	(... that) we pray
(... che) voi preghiate	(... that) you pray
(... che) loro preghino	(... that) they pray

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io pregassi	(... that) I was praying
(... che) tu pregassi	(... that) you were praying
(... che) lui pregasse	(... that) he was praying
(... che) lei pregasse	(... that) she was praying
(... che) noi pregassimo	(... that) we were praying
(... che) voi pregaste	(... that) you were praying
(... che) loro pregassero	(... that) they were praying

Imperative		Scored
prega	Pray
preghiamo	Let's pray
pregate	Pray

Present Participle		Scored
pregante	praying

Past Participle		Scored
pregato	prayed

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