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ITALIAN VERB

dubitare

to doubt

  • #220 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: dubitato
  • Gerund: dubitando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use dubitare

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

  1. Present

    Dubito che arrivino in orario.

    I doubt they'll arrive on time.

  2. Past

    Non ho mai dubitato di te.

    I never doubted you.

  3. Imperfect

    All'inizio tutti dubitavano del progetto.

    At first everyone doubted the project.

  4. Future

    Non dubiterò più della tua parola.

    I won't doubt your word again.

  5. Conditional

    Al posto tuo dubiterei di quell'offerta.

    In your place I'd be doubtful about that offer.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Mi dispiace che tu dubiti di me.

    I'm sorry you doubt me.

  7. Imperative

    Non dubitare, andrà tutto bene.

    Don't worry, everything will be fine.

Good to know

  • Dubitare di is to doubt something or someone, and dubito che takes the subjunctive.

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