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Conjugation of the Italian verb sorridere

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

sorridere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sorridere	to smile

Present		Scored
io sorrido	I smile
tu sorridi	you smile
lui sorride	he smiles
lei sorride	she smiles
noi sorridiamo	we smile
voi sorridete	you smile
loro sorridono	they smile

Imperfect		Scored
io sorridevo	I was smiling
tu sorridevi	you were smiling
lui sorrideva	he was smiling
lei sorrideva	she was smiling
noi sorridevamo	we were smiling
voi sorridevate	you were smiling
loro sorridevano	they were smiling

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
tu sorridesti	you smiled
lui sorrise	he smiled
lei sorrise	she smiled
noi sorridemmo	we smiled
voi sorrideste	you smiled
loro sorrisero	they smiled

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

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

Future		Scored
io sorriderò	I will smile
tu sorriderai	you will smile
lui sorriderà	he will smile
lei sorriderà	she will smile
noi sorrideremo	we will smile
voi sorriderete	you will smile
loro sorrideranno	they will smile

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

Conditional		Scored
io sorriderei	I would smile
tu sorrideresti	you would smile
lui sorriderebbe	he would smile
lei sorriderebbe	she would smile
noi sorrideremmo	we would smile
voi sorridereste	you would smile
loro sorriderebbero	they would smile

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sorrida	(... that) I smile
(... che) tu sorrida	(... that) you smile
(... che) lui sorrida	(... that) he smiles
(... che) lei sorrida	(... that) she smiles
(... che) noi sorridiamo	(... that) we smile
(... che) voi sorridiate	(... that) you smile
(... che) loro sorridano	(... that) they smile

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sorridessi	(... that) I was smiling
(... che) tu sorridessi	(... that) you were smiling
(... che) lui sorridesse	(... that) he was smiling
(... che) lei sorridesse	(... that) she was smiling
(... che) noi sorridessimo	(... that) we were smiling
(... che) voi sorrideste	(... that) you were smiling
(... che) loro sorridessero	(... that) they were smiling

Imperative		Scored
sorridi	Smile
sorridiamo	Let's smile
sorridete	Smile

Present Participle		Scored
sorridente	smiling

Past Participle		Scored
sorriso	smiled

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