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Conjugation of the Italian verb sembrare

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

sembrare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sembrare	to seem

Present		Scored
io sembro	I seem
tu sembri	you seem
lui sembra	he seems
lei sembra	she seems
noi sembriamo	we seem
voi sembrate	you seem
loro sembrano	they seem

Imperfect		Scored
io sembravo	I was seeming
tu sembravi	you were seeming
lui sembrava	he was seeming
lei sembrava	she was seeming
noi sembravamo	we were seeming
voi sembravate	you were seeming
loro sembravano	they were seeming

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 sembrai	I seemed
tu sembrasti	you seemed
lui sembrò	he seemed
lei sembrò	she seemed
noi sembrammo	we seemed
voi sembraste	you seemed
loro sembrarono	they seemed

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io sono sembrato	I seemed
tu sei sembrato	you seemed
lui è sembrato	he seemed
lei è sembrata	she seemed
noi siamo sembrati	we seemed
voi siete sembrati	you seemed
loro sono sembrati	they seemed
loro sono sembrate	they seemed

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io ero sembrato	I had seemed
tu eri sembrato	you had seemed
lui era sembrato	he had seemed
lei era sembrata	she had seemed
noi eravamo sembrati	we had seemed
voi eravate sembrati	you had seemed
loro erano sembrati	they had seemed
loro erano sembrate	they had seemed

Future		Scored
io sembrerò	I will seem
tu sembrerai	you will seem
lui sembrerà	he will seem
lei sembrerà	she will seem
noi sembreremo	we will seem
voi sembrerete	you will seem
loro sembreranno	they will seem

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 sarò sembrato	I will have seemed
tu sarai sembrato	you will have seemed
lui sarà sembrato	he will have seemed
lei sarà sembrata	she will have seemed
noi saremo sembrati	we will have seemed
voi sarete sembrati	you will have seemed
loro saranno sembrati	they will have seemed
loro saranno sembrate	they will have seemed

Conditional		Scored
io sembrerei	I would seem
tu sembreresti	you would seem
lui sembrerebbe	he would seem
lei sembrerebbe	she would seem
noi sembreremmo	we would seem
voi sembrereste	you would seem
loro sembrerebbero	they would seem

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 sarei sembrato	I would have seemed
tu saresti sembrato	you would have seemed
lui sarebbe sembrato	he would have seemed
lei sarebbe sembrata	she would have seemed
noi saremmo sembrati	we would have seemed
voi sareste sembrati	you would have seemed
loro sarebbero sembrati	they would have seemed
loro sarebbero sembrate	they would have seemed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sembri	(... that) I seem
(... che) tu sembri	(... that) you seem
(... che) lui sembri	(... that) he seems
(... che) lei sembri	(... that) she seems
(... che) noi sembriamo	(... that) we seem
(... che) voi sembriate	(... that) you seem
(... che) loro sembrino	(... that) they seem

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sembrassi	(... that) I was seeming
(... che) tu sembrassi	(... that) you were seeming
(... che) lui sembrasse	(... that) he was seeming
(... che) lei sembrasse	(... that) she was seeming
(... che) noi sembrassimo	(... that) we were seeming
(... che) voi sembraste	(... that) you were seeming
(... che) loro sembrassero	(... that) they were seeming

Imperative		Scored
sembra	Seem
sembriamo	Let's seem
sembrate	Seem

Present Participle		Scored
sembrante	seeming

Past Participle		Scored
sembrato	seemed

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