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Conjugation of the Italian verb spiegare

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

spiegare is a regular verb with spelling changes

Infinitive		Scored
spiegare	to explain

Present		Scored
io spiego	I explain
tu spieghi	you explain
lui spiega	he explains
lei spiega	she explains
noi spieghiamo	we explain
voi spiegate	you explain
loro spiegano	they explain

Imperfect		Scored
io spiegavo	I was explaining
tu spiegavi	you were explaining
lui spiegava	he was explaining
lei spiegava	she was explaining
noi spiegavamo	we were explaining
voi spiegavate	you were explaining
loro spiegavano	they were explaining

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 spiegai	I explained
tu spiegasti	you explained
lui spiegò	he explained
lei spiegò	she explained
noi spiegammo	we explained
voi spiegaste	you explained
loro spiegarono	they explained

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

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

Future		Scored
io spiegherò	I will explain
tu spiegherai	you will explain
lui spiegherà	he will explain
lei spiegherà	she will explain
noi spiegheremo	we will explain
voi spiegherete	you will explain
loro spiegheranno	they will explain

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

Conditional		Scored
io spiegherei	I would explain
tu spiegheresti	you would explain
lui spiegherebbe	he would explain
lei spiegherebbe	she would explain
noi spiegheremmo	we would explain
voi spieghereste	you would explain
loro spiegherebbero	they would explain

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io spieghi	(... that) I explain
(... che) tu spieghi	(... that) you explain
(... che) lui spieghi	(... that) he explains
(... che) lei spieghi	(... that) she explains
(... che) noi spieghiamo	(... that) we explain
(... che) voi spieghiate	(... that) you explain
(... che) loro spieghino	(... that) they explain

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io spiegassi	(... that) I was explaining
(... che) tu spiegassi	(... that) you were explaining
(... che) lui spiegasse	(... that) he was explaining
(... che) lei spiegasse	(... that) she was explaining
(... che) noi spiegassimo	(... that) we were explaining
(... che) voi spiegaste	(... that) you were explaining
(... che) loro spiegassero	(... that) they were explaining

Imperative		Scored
spiega	Explain
spieghiamo	Let's explain
spiegate	Explain

Present Participle		Scored
spiegante	explaining

Past Participle		Scored
spiegato	explained

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