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Conjugation of the Italian verb rubare

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

rubare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
rubare	to steal

Present		Scored
io rubo	I steal
tu rubi	you steal
lui ruba	he steals
lei ruba	she steals
noi rubiamo	we steal
voi rubate	you steal
loro rubano	they steal

Imperfect		Scored
io rubavo	I was stealing
tu rubavi	you were stealing
lui rubava	he was stealing
lei rubava	she was stealing
noi rubavamo	we were stealing
voi rubavate	you were stealing
loro rubavano	they were stealing

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 rubai	I stole
tu rubasti	you stole
lui rubò	he stole
lei rubò	she stole
noi rubammo	we stole
voi rubaste	you stole
loro rubarono	they stole

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

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

Future		Scored
io ruberò	I will steal
tu ruberai	you will steal
lui ruberà	he will steal
lei ruberà	she will steal
noi ruberemo	we will steal
voi ruberete	you will steal
loro ruberanno	they will steal

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

Conditional		Scored
io ruberei	I would steal
tu ruberesti	you would steal
lui ruberebbe	he would steal
lei ruberebbe	she would steal
noi ruberemmo	we would steal
voi rubereste	you would steal
loro ruberebbero	they would steal

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io rubi	(... that) I steal
(... che) tu rubi	(... that) you steal
(... che) lui rubi	(... that) he steals
(... che) lei rubi	(... that) she steals
(... che) noi rubiamo	(... that) we steal
(... che) voi rubiate	(... that) you steal
(... che) loro rubino	(... that) they steal

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io rubassi	(... that) I was stealing
(... che) tu rubassi	(... that) you were stealing
(... che) lui rubasse	(... that) he was stealing
(... che) lei rubasse	(... that) she was stealing
(... che) noi rubassimo	(... that) we were stealing
(... che) voi rubaste	(... that) you were stealing
(... che) loro rubassero	(... that) they were stealing

Imperative		Scored
ruba	Steal
rubiamo	Let's steal
rubate	Steal

Present Participle		Scored
rubante	stealing

Past Participle		Scored
rubato	stolen

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