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ITALIAN VERB

bruciare

to burn

  • #468 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: bruciato
  • Gerund: bruciando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I burn
  2. tu you burn
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she burns
  4. noi we burn
  5. voi you all burn
  6. loro they burn

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I burned
  2. tu you burned
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she burned
  4. noi we burned
  5. voi you all burned
  6. loro they burned

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to burn
  2. tu you used to burn
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to burn
  4. noi we used to burn
  5. voi you all used to burn
  6. loro they used to burn

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will burn
  2. tu you will burn
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will burn
  4. noi we will burn
  5. voi you all will burn
  6. loro they will burn

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would burn
  2. tu you would burn
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would burn
  4. noi we would burn
  5. voi you all would burn
  6. loro they would burn

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I burn
  2. tu (that) you burn
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she burn
  4. noi (that) we burn
  5. voi (that) you all burn
  6. loro (that) they burn

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu burn!
  2. Lei burn! (formal)
  3. noi burn! (let’s)
  4. voi burn! (all of you)

How to use bruciare

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Attenta, il sugo brucia sul fuoco!

    Careful, the sauce is burning on the stove!

  2. Past

    Ho bruciato la torta, ancora una volta.

    I burnt the cake, once again.

  3. Imperfect

    Il camino bruciava tutta la notte.

    The fireplace burned all night.

  4. Future

    Con questo sole ti brucerai le spalle.

    In this sun you'll burn your shoulders.

  5. Conditional

    A fuoco alto la cipolla brucerebbe subito.

    On high heat the onion would burn right away.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Abbassa, non voglio che bruci il riso.

    Turn it down, I don't want the rice to burn.

  7. Imperative

    Non bruciare le foglie in giardino.

    Don't burn the leaves in the garden.

Good to know

  • Bruciarsi is to burn yourself: mi sono bruciato con la padella.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -are verb.