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Conjugation of the Italian verb recitare

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

recitare is a regular verb


InfinitiveScored
recitareto act

PresentScored
io recitoI act
tu recitiyou act
lui recitahe acts
lei recitashe acts
noi recitiamowe act
voi recitateyou act
loro recitanothey act

ImperfectScored
io recitavoI was acting
tu recitaviyou were acting
lui recitavahe was acting
lei recitavashe was acting
noi recitavamowe were acting
voi recitavateyou were acting
loro recitavanothey were acting

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 recitaiI acted
tu recitastiyou acted
lui recitòhe acted
lei recitòshe acted
noi recitammowe acted
voi recitasteyou acted
loro recitaronothey acted

Past / Passato prossimoScored
io ho recitatoI acted
tu hai recitatoyou acted
lui ha recitatohe acted
lei ha recitatoshe acted
noi abbiamo recitatowe acted
voi avete recitatoyou acted
loro hanno recitatothey acted

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimoScored
io avevo recitatoI had acted
tu avevi recitatoyou had acted
lui aveva recitatohe had acted
lei aveva recitatoshe had acted
noi avevamo recitatowe had acted
voi avevate recitatoyou had acted
loro avevano recitatothey had acted

FutureScored
io reciteròI will act
tu reciteraiyou will act
lui reciteràhe will act
lei reciteràshe will act
noi reciteremowe will act
voi recitereteyou will act
loro reciterannothey will act

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 recitatoI will have acted
tu avrai recitatoyou will have acted
lui avrà recitatohe will have acted
lei avrà recitatoshe will have acted
noi avremo recitatowe will have acted
voi avrete recitatoyou will have acted
loro avranno recitatothey will have acted

ConditionalScored
io recitereiI would act
tu reciterestiyou would act
lui reciterebbehe would act
lei reciterebbeshe would act
noi reciteremmowe would act
voi reciteresteyou would act
loro reciterebberothey would act

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.
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io avrei recitatoI would have acted
tu avresti recitatoyou would have acted
lui avrebbe recitatohe would have acted
lei avrebbe recitatoshe would have acted
noi avremmo recitatowe would have acted
voi avreste recitatoyou would have acted
loro avrebbero recitatothey would have acted

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io reciti(... that) I act
(... che) tu reciti(... that) you act
(... che) lui reciti(... that) he acts
(... che) lei reciti(... that) she acts
(... che) noi recitiamo(... that) we act
(... che) voi recitiate(... that) you act
(... che) loro recitino(... that) they act

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io recitassi(... that) I was acting
(... che) tu recitassi(... that) you were acting
(... che) lui recitasse(... that) he was acting
(... che) lei recitasse(... that) she was acting
(... che) noi recitassimo(... that) we were acting
(... che) voi recitaste(... that) you were acting
(... che) loro recitassero(... that) they were acting

ImperativeScored
recita Act
recitiamoLet's act
recitate Act

Present ParticipleScored
recitante acting

Past ParticipleScored
recitato acted

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