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Conjugation of the Italian verb tentare

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

tentare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
tentare	to attempt

Present		Scored
io tento	I attempt
tu tenti	you attempt
lui tenta	he attempts
lei tenta	she attempts
noi tentiamo	we attempt
voi tentate	you attempt
loro tentano	they attempt

Imperfect		Scored
io tentavo	I was attempting
tu tentavi	you were attempting
lui tentava	he was attempting
lei tentava	she was attempting
noi tentavamo	we were attempting
voi tentavate	you were attempting
loro tentavano	they were attempting

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 tentai	I attempted
tu tentasti	you attempted
lui tentò	he attempted
lei tentò	she attempted
noi tentammo	we attempted
voi tentaste	you attempted
loro tentarono	they attempted

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

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

Future		Scored
io tenterò	I will attempt
tu tenterai	you will attempt
lui tenterà	he will attempt
lei tenterà	she will attempt
noi tenteremo	we will attempt
voi tenterete	you will attempt
loro tenteranno	they will attempt

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

Conditional		Scored
io tenterei	I would attempt
tu tenteresti	you would attempt
lui tenterebbe	he would attempt
lei tenterebbe	she would attempt
noi tenteremmo	we would attempt
voi tentereste	you would attempt
loro tenterebbero	they would attempt

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io tenti	(... that) I attempt
(... che) tu tenti	(... that) you attempt
(... che) lui tenti	(... that) he attempts
(... che) lei tenti	(... that) she attempts
(... che) noi tentiamo	(... that) we attempt
(... che) voi tentiate	(... that) you attempt
(... che) loro tentino	(... that) they attempt

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io tentassi	(... that) I was attempting
(... che) tu tentassi	(... that) you were attempting
(... che) lui tentasse	(... that) he was attempting
(... che) lei tentasse	(... that) she was attempting
(... che) noi tentassimo	(... that) we were attempting
(... che) voi tentaste	(... that) you were attempting
(... che) loro tentassero	(... that) they were attempting

Imperative		Scored
tenta	Attempt
tentiamo	Let's attempt
tentate	Attempt

Present Participle		Scored
tentante	attempting

Past Participle		Scored
tentato	attempted

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