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Conjugation of respirare

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

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

Indicative

Presentepresent

iorespiro
turespiri
lui/​leirespira
noirespiriamo
voirespirate
lororespirano

More on this: Present tense: -are verbs

Imperfettoongoing or habitual past

iorespiravo
turespiravi
lui/​leirespirava
noirespiravamo
voirespiravate
lororespiravano

More on this: Imperfect (imperfetto)

Passato remotoliterary past

iorespirai
turespirasti
lui/​leirespirò
noirespirammo
voirespiraste
lororespirarono

More on this: Past historic (passato remoto)

Trapassato prossimopast perfect

ioavevo respirato
tuavevi respirato
lui/​leiaveva respirato
noiavevamo respirato
voiavevate respirato
loroavevano respirato

More on this: Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)

Futuro anteriorefuture perfect

ioavrò respirato
tuavrai respirato
lui/​leiavrà respirato
noiavremo respirato
voiavrete respirato
loroavranno respirato

More on this: Future perfect (futuro anteriore)

Conditional

Condizionale presenteconditional

iorespirerei
turespireresti
lui/​leirespirerebbe
noirespireremmo
voirespirereste
lororespirerebbero

More on this: Conditional (condizionale)

Condizionale passatoconditional perfect

ioavrei respirato
tuavresti respirato
lui/​leiavrebbe respirato
noiavremmo respirato
voiavreste respirato
loroavrebbero respirato

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Subjunctive

Congiuntivo presentepresent subjunctive

iorespiri
turespiri
lui/​leirespiri
noirespiriamo
voirespiriate
lororespirino

More on this: Subjunctive: the forms

Congiuntivo imperfettopast subjunctive

iorespirassi
turespirassi
lui/​leirespirasse
noirespirassimo
voirespiraste
lororespirassero

More on this: Past subjunctive: fossi, avessi

Congiuntivo passatoperfect subjunctive

ioabbia respirato
tuabbia respirato
lui/​leiabbia respirato
noiabbiamo respirato
voiabbiate respirato
loroabbiano respirato

More on this: Sequence of tenses with the congiuntivo

Congiuntivo trapassatopluperfect subjunctive

ioavessi respirato
tuavessi respirato
lui/​leiavesse respirato
noiavessimo respirato
voiaveste respirato
loroavessero respirato

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Imperative

Imperativo negativonegative imperative

tunon respirare
Leinon respiri
noinon respiriamo
voinon respirate
Loronon respirino

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.

  • Respira piano e conta fino a dieci.Breathe slowly and count to ten.

    Respira — Presente · lui/lei; Imperativo · tu

  • Mi fa male qui quando respiro a fondo.It hurts here when I breathe deeply.

    respiro — Presente · io

  • Le fibre naturali respirano meglio d’estate.Natural fibres breathe better in summer.

    respirano — Presente · loro

  • L’intonaco di calce lascia respirare il muro.Lime plaster lets the wall breathe.

    respirare — infinito

  • L’inalazione porta la sostanza al sangue in pochi respiri.Inhalation carries the substance into the blood within a few breaths.

    respiri — Presente · tu; Congiuntivo presente · io

  • Il tronco encefalico regola il respiro.The brain stem regulates breathing.

    respiro — Presente · io

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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.