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ITALIAN VERB

diminuire

to decrease

  • #271 most used
  • Regular -ire verb
  • Past participle: diminuito
  • Gerund: diminuendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use diminuire

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

  1. Present

    In autunno i turisti diminuiscono.

    In autumn the tourists decrease.

  2. Past

    Il dolore è diminuito dopo la pastiglia.

    The pain decreased after the pill.

  3. Imperfect

    Le ore di luce diminuivano ogni giorno.

    The hours of daylight were decreasing every day.

  4. Future

    I prezzi diminuiranno dopo le feste.

    Prices will go down after the holidays.

  5. Conditional

    Con meno auto il rumore diminuirebbe.

    With fewer cars the noise would decrease.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che la febbre diminuisca entro sera.

    I hope the fever goes down by evening.

  7. Imperative

    Diminuisci il fuoco, il sugo brucia.

    Lower the heat, the sauce is burning.

Good to know

  • Like aumentare: essere when something goes down, avere when someone lowers it.

Verbs like this one

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