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Conjugation of durare

  • Meaning to last
  • Level A2
  • Pattern regular (-are) · conjugated like parlare
  • Auxiliary essere

What is special about this verb

  • Forms the compound tenses with essere; the participle agrees with the subject: è durato. → The passato prossimo with essere
  • durare takes avere (with an object) or essere (without one), depending on how it is used.

Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.

Indicative

Imperfettoongoing or habitual past

ioduravo
tuduravi
lui/​leidurava
noiduravamo
voiduravate
loroduravano

More on this: Imperfect (imperfetto)

Trapassato prossimopast perfect

ioero durato
tueri durato
lui/​leiera durato
noieravamo durati
voieravate durati
loroerano durati

More on this: Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)

Futuro anteriorefuture perfect

iosarò durato
tusarai durato
lui/​leisarà durato
noisaremo durati
voisarete durati
lorosaranno durati

More on this: Future perfect (futuro anteriore)

Conditional

Condizionale presenteconditional

iodurerei
tudureresti
lui/​leidurerebbe
noidureremmo
voidurereste
lorodurerebbero

More on this: Conditional (condizionale)

Condizionale passatoconditional perfect

iosarei durato
tusaresti durato
lui/​leisarebbe durato
noisaremmo durati
voisareste durati
lorosarebbero durati

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Subjunctive

Congiuntivo presentepresent subjunctive

ioduri
tuduri
lui/​leiduri
noiduriamo
voiduriate
lorodurino

More on this: Subjunctive: the forms

Congiuntivo trapassatopluperfect subjunctive

iofossi durato
tufossi durato
lui/​leifosse durato
noifossimo durati
voifoste durati
lorofossero durati

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Imperative

Imperativo negativonegative imperative

tunon durare
Leinon duri
noinon duriamo
voinon durate
Loronon durino

More on this: The negative imperative

Non-finite forms

Example sentences from the course

Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.

  • Il film dura due ore.The film lasts two hours.

    dura — Presente · lui/lei; Imperativo · tu

  • Il blackout è durato tre ore.The power cut lasted three hours.

    durato — participio

  • L’amplesso può durare giorni.The mating clasp can last for days.

    durare — infinito

  • La rivolta durò tre settimane.The revolt lasted three weeks.

    durò — Passato remoto · lui/lei

  • Le turbolenze sono durate poco.The turbulence did not last long.

    durate — Presente · voi; Imperativo · voi

  • L’avvio graduale durerà tre mesi.The phased start will last three months.

    durerà — Futuro semplice · lui/lei

Quick practice

5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.

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The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.