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Conjugation of the Italian verb proteggere

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

proteggere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
proteggere	to protect

Present		Scored
io proteggo	I protect
tu proteggi	you protect
lui protegge	he protects
lei protegge	she protects
noi proteggiamo	we protect
voi proteggete	you protect
loro proteggono	they protect

Imperfect		Scored
io proteggevo	I was protecting
tu proteggevi	you were protecting
lui proteggeva	he was protecting
lei proteggeva	she was protecting
noi proteggevamo	we were protecting
voi proteggevate	you were protecting
loro proteggevano	they were protecting

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 protessi	I protected
tu proteggesti	you protected
lui protesse	he protected
lei protesse	she protected
noi proteggemmo	we protected
voi proteggeste	you protected
loro protessero	they protected

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

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

Future		Scored
io proteggerò	I will protect
tu proteggerai	you will protect
lui proteggerà	he will protect
lei proteggerà	she will protect
noi proteggeremo	we will protect
voi proteggerete	you will protect
loro proteggeranno	they will protect

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

Conditional		Scored
io proteggerei	I would protect
tu proteggeresti	you would protect
lui proteggerebbe	he would protect
lei proteggerebbe	she would protect
noi proteggeremmo	we would protect
voi proteggereste	you would protect
loro proteggerebbero	they would protect

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io protegga	(... that) I protect
(... che) tu protegga	(... that) you protect
(... che) lui protegga	(... that) he protects
(... che) lei protegga	(... that) she protects
(... che) voi proteggiate	(... that) you protect
(... che) loro proteggano	(... that) they protect

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io proteggessi	(... that) I was protecting
(... che) tu proteggessi	(... that) you were protecting
(... che) lui proteggesse	(... that) he was protecting
(... che) lei proteggesse	(... that) she was protecting
(... che) noi proteggessimo	(... that) we were protecting
(... che) loro proteggessero	(... that) they were protecting

Imperative		Scored
proteggi	Protect
proteggiamo	Let's protect
proteggete	Protect

Present Participle		Scored
proteggente	protecting

Past Participle		Scored
protetto	protected

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