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Conjugation of the Italian verb respirare

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

respirare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
respirare	to breathe

Present		Scored
io respiro	I breathe
tu respiri	you breathe
lui respira	he breathes
lei respira	she breathes
noi respiriamo	we breathe
voi respirate	you breathe
loro respirano	they breathe

Imperfect		Scored
io respiravo	I was breathing
tu respiravi	you were breathing
lui respirava	he was breathing
lei respirava	she was breathing
noi respiravamo	we were breathing
voi respiravate	you were breathing
loro respiravano	they were breathing

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 respirai	I breathed
tu respirasti	you breathed
lui respirò	he breathed
lei respirò	she breathed
noi respirammo	we breathed
respiraste	you breathed
loro respirarono	they breathed

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

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

Future		Scored
io respirerò	I will breathe
tu respirerai	you will breathe
lui respirerà	he will breathe
lei respirerà	she will breathe
noi respireremo	we will breathe
voi respirerete	you will breathe
loro respireranno	they will breathe

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

Conditional		Scored
io respirerei	I would breathe
tu respireresti	you would breathe
lui respirerebbe	he would breathe
lei respirerebbe	she would breathe
noi respireremmo	we would breathe
voi respirereste	you would breathe
loro respirerebbero	they would breathe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io respiri	(... that) I breathe
(... che) tu respiri	(... that) you breathe
(... che) lui respiri	(... that) he breathes
(... che) lei respiri	(... that) she breathes
(... che) noi respiriamo	(... that) we breathe
(... che) voi respiriate	(... that) you breathe
(... che) loro respirino	(... that) they breathe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io respirassi	(... that) I was breathing
(... che) tu respirassi	(... that) you were breathing
(... che) lui respirasse	(... that) he was breathing
(... che) lei respirasse	(... that) she was breathing
(... che) noi respirassimo	(... that) we were breathing
(... che) voi respiraste	(... that) you were breathing
(... che) loro respirassero	(... that) they were breathing

Imperative		Scored
respira	Breathe
respiriamo	Let's breathe
respirate	Breathe

Present Participle		Scored
respirante	breathing

Past Participle		Scored
respirato	breathed

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