Conjugation of the Italian verb restare A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb restare , along with their English translations.
Infinitive
restare to stay
Present Indicative
io resto I stay tu resti you stay lui resta he stays lei resta she stays noi restiamo we stay voi restate you stay loro restano they stay
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto restando I am staying tu stai restando you are staying lui sta restando he is staying lei sta restando she is staying noi stiamo restando we are staying voi state restando you are staying loro stanno restando they are staying
Imperfect Indicative
io restavo I was staying tu restavi you were staying lui restava he was staying lei restava she was staying noi restavamo we were staying voi restavate you were staying loro restavano they were staying
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.
io restai I stayed tu restasti you stayed lui restò he stayed lei restò she stayed noi restammo we stayed voi restaste you stayed loro restarono they stayed
Past / Passato prossimo
io sono restato I stayed tu sei restato you stayed lui è restato he stayed lei è restata she stayed noi siamo restati we stayed voi siete restati you stayed loro sono restati they stayed loro sono restate they stayed
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io ero restato I had stayed tu eri restato you had stayed lui era restato he had stayed lei era restata she had stayed noi eravamo restati we had stayed voi eravate restati you had stayed loro erano restati they had stayed loro erano restate they had stayed
Future Indicative
io resterò I will stay tu resterai you will stay lui resterà he will stay lei resterà she will stay noi resteremo we will stay voi resterete you will stay loro resteranno they will stay
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 .
io sarò restato I will have stayed tu sarai restato you will have stayed lui sarà restato he will have stayed lei sarà restata she will have stayed noi saremo restati we will have stayed voi sarete restati you will have stayed loro saranno restati they will have stayed loro saranno restate they will have stayed
Conditional
io resterei I would stay tu resteresti you would stay lui resterebbe he would stay lei resterebbe she would stay noi resteremmo we would stay voi restereste you would stay loro resterebbero they would stay
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 .
io sarei restato I would have stayed tu saresti restato you would have stayed lui sarebbe restato he would have stayed lei sarebbe restata she would have stayed noi saremmo restati we would have stayed voi sareste restati you would have stayed loro sarebbero restati they would have stayed loro sarebbero restate they would have stayed
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io resti(... that) I stay(... che) tu resti(... that) you stay(... che) lui resti(... that) he stays(... che) lei resti(... that) she stays(... che) noi restiamo(... that) we stay(... che) voi restiate(... that) you stay(... che) loro restino(... that) they stay
Imperative
resta Stay restiamo Let's stay restate Stay
Present Participle
restante staying
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