Conjugation of the Italian verb trovare A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb trovare , along with their English translations.
Infinitive
trovare to find
Present Indicative
io trovo I find tu trovi you find lui trova he finds lei trova she finds noi troviamo we find voi trovate you find loro trovano they find
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto trovando I am finding tu stai trovando you are finding lui sta trovando he is finding lei sta trovando she is finding noi stiamo trovando we are finding voi state trovando you are finding loro stanno trovando they are finding
Imperfect Indicative
io trovavo I was finding tu trovavi you were finding lui trovava he was finding lei trovava she was finding noi trovavamo we were finding voi trovavate you were finding loro trovavano they were finding
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.
io trovai I found tu trovasti you found lui trovò he found lei trovò she found noi trovammo we found voi trovaste you found loro trovarono they found
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho trovato I found tu hai trovato you found lui ha trovato he found lei ha trovato she found noi abbiamo trovato we found voi avete trovato you found loro hanno trovato they found
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo trovato I had found tu avevi trovato you had found lui aveva trovato he had found lei aveva trovato she had found noi avevamo trovato we had found voi avevate trovato you had found loro avevano trovato they had found
Future Indicative
io troverò I will find tu troverai you will find lui troverà he will find lei troverà she will find noi troveremo we will find voi troverete you will find loro troveranno they will find
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 .
io avrò trovato I will have found tu avrai trovato you will have found lui avrà trovato he will have found lei avrà trovato she will have found noi avremo trovato we will have found voi avrete trovato you will have found loro avranno trovato they will have found
Conditional
io troverei I would find tu troveresti you would find lui troverebbe he would find lei troverebbe she would find noi troveremmo we would find voi trovereste you would find loro troverebbero they would find
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 .
io avrei trovato I would have found tu avresti trovato you would have found lui avrebbe trovato he would have found lei avrebbe trovato she would have found noi avremmo trovato we would have found voi avreste trovato you would have found loro avrebbero trovato they would have found
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io trovi(... that) I find(... che) tu trovi(... that) you find(... che) lui trovi(... that) he finds(... che) lei trovi(... that) she finds(... che) noi troviamo(... that) we find(... che) voi troviate(... that) you find(... che) loro trovino(... that) they find
Imperative
trova Find troviamo Let's find trovate Find
Present Participle
trovante finding
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