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ITALIAN VERB

convincere

to convince

  • #252 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: convinto
  • Gerund: convincendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use convincere

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

  1. Present

    Quel prezzo non mi convince.

    That price doesn't convince me.

  2. Past

    Mi ha convinto a venire in montagna.

    He convinced me to come to the mountains.

  3. Imperfect

    Mia sorella convinceva sempre tutti con un sorriso.

    My sister always convinced everyone with a smile.

  4. Future

    La convincerò io a partire con noi.

    I'll convince her to leave with us.

  5. Conditional

    Non lo convinceresti nemmeno con mille euro.

    You wouldn't convince him even with a thousand euros.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che tu la convinca a riposare.

    I hope you convince her to rest.

  7. Imperative

    Convincilo tu, a me non dà retta.

    You convince him, he doesn't listen to me.

Good to know

  • Convincere qualcuno a fare qualcosa; non mi convince is I'm not sure about it.

Where you hear convincere

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Italian · Advanced Level 1

  • Laura convince tutti, anche lo zio. Laura convinces everyone, even her uncle.
  • Mi ha convinto. Firmo. She convinced me. I'm signing.
  • Lo convincerò, vedrai. I'll convince him, you'll see.

Italian · Advanced Level 2

  • Laura convince tutti, anche lo zio. Laura convinces everyone, even her uncle.
  • Mi ha convinto. Firmo. She convinced me. I'm signing.
  • Lo convincerò, vedrai. I'll convince him, you'll see.
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Persuading Zio Antonio

Advanced Level 1 · Mi ha convinta.

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After the Speech

Advanced Level 2 · Hai convinto anche il consigliere.

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