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Conjugation of the Italian verb salutare

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

salutare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
salutare	to greet

Present		Scored
io saluto	I greet
tu saluti	you greet
lui saluta	he greets
lei saluta	she greets
noi salutiamo	we greet
voi salutate	you greet
loro salutano	they greet

Imperfect		Scored
io salutavo	I was greeting
tu salutavi	you were greeting
lui salutava	he was greeting
lei salutava	she was greeting
noi salutavamo	we were greeting
voi salutavate	you were greeting
loro salutavano	they were greeting

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 salutai	I greeted
tu salutasti	you greeted
lui salutò	he greeted
lei salutò	she greeted
noi salutammo	we greeted
voi salutaste	you greeted
loro salutarono	they greeted

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

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

Future		Scored
io saluterò	I will greet
tu saluterai	you will greet
lui saluterà	he will greet
lei saluterà	she will greet
noi saluteremo	we will greet
voi saluterete	you will greet
loro saluteranno	they will greet

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

Conditional		Scored
io saluterei	I would greet
tu saluteresti	you would greet
lui saluterebbe	he would greet
lei saluterebbe	she would greet
noi saluteremmo	we would greet
voi salutereste	you would greet
loro saluterebbero	they would greet

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io saluti	(... that) I greet
(... che) tu saluti	(... that) you greet
(... che) lui saluti	(... that) he greets
(... che) lei saluti	(... that) she greets
(... che) noi salutiamo	(... that) we greet
(... che) voi salutiate	(... that) you greet
(... che) loro salutino	(... that) they greet

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io salutassi	(... that) I was greeting
(... che) tu salutassi	(... that) you were greeting
(... che) lui salutasse	(... that) he was greeting
(... che) lei salutasse	(... that) she was greeting
(... che) noi salutassimo	(... that) we were greeting
(... che) voi salutaste	(... that) you were greeting
(... che) loro salutassero	(... that) they were greeting

Imperative		Scored
saluta	Greet
salutiamo	Let's greet
salutate	Greet

Present Participle		Scored
salutante	greeting

Past Participle		Scored
salutato	greeted

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