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Conjugation of restare

  • Meaning to stay, to remain
  • Level A1
  • Pattern regular (-are) · conjugated like parlare
  • Auxiliary essere

What is special about this verb

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

Indicative

Imperfettoongoing or habitual past

iorestavo
turestavi
lui/​leirestava
noirestavamo
voirestavate
lororestavano

More on this: Imperfect (imperfetto)

Trapassato prossimopast perfect

ioero restato
tueri restato
lui/​leiera restato
noieravamo restati
voieravate restati
loroerano restati

More on this: Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)

Futuro anteriorefuture perfect

iosarò restato
tusarai restato
lui/​leisarà restato
noisaremo restati
voisarete restati
lorosaranno restati

More on this: Future perfect (futuro anteriore)

Conditional

Condizionale presenteconditional

ioresterei
turesteresti
lui/​leiresterebbe
noiresteremmo
voirestereste
lororesterebbero

More on this: Conditional (condizionale)

Condizionale passatoconditional perfect

iosarei restato
tusaresti restato
lui/​leisarebbe restato
noisaremmo restati
voisareste restati
lorosarebbero restati

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Subjunctive

Congiuntivo presentepresent subjunctive

ioresti
turesti
lui/​leiresti
noirestiamo
voirestiate
lororestino

More on this: Subjunctive: the forms

Congiuntivo imperfettopast subjunctive

iorestassi
turestassi
lui/​leirestasse
noirestassimo
voirestaste
lororestassero

More on this: Past subjunctive: fossi, avessi

Congiuntivo trapassatopluperfect subjunctive

iofossi restato
tufossi restato
lui/​leifosse restato
noifossimo restati
voifoste restati
lorofossero restati

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Imperative

Imperativo negativonegative imperative

tunon restare
Leinon resti
noinon restiamo
voinon restate
Loronon restino

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.

  • Noi restiamo qui.We are staying here.

    restiamo — Presente · noi; Congiuntivo presente · noi

  • Il faro resta a tribordo.The lighthouse stays on the starboard side.

    resta — Presente · lui/lei; Imperativo · tu

  • La crosta deve restare croccante.The crust should stay crisp.

    restare — infinito

  • Restano dodici scatoloni da fare.There are still twelve boxes to pack.

    Restano — Presente · loro

  • Resti in linea, controllo subito.Hold the line, I shall check straight away.

    Resti — Presente · tu; Congiuntivo presente · io

  • Il ponteggio resterà montato sei settimane.The scaffolding will stay up for six weeks.

    resterà — 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.