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ITALIAN VERB

lasciarsi

to break up

  • #313 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: lasciato
  • Gerund: lasciandosi

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use lasciarsi

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

  1. Present

    Si lasciano e tornano insieme ogni mese.

    They break up and get back together every month.

  2. Past

    Io e Marco ci siamo lasciati a settembre.

    Marco and I broke up in September.

  3. Imperfect

    Si lasciavano sempre davanti al portone, con un bacio.

    They always parted at the front door, with a kiss.

  4. Future

    Non ci lasceremo per una cosa così stupida.

    We won't break up over something this silly.

  5. Conditional

    Si lascerebbero domani, se non fosse per la casa.

    They'd break up tomorrow, if it weren't for the house.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non voglio che si lascino per colpa mia.

    I don't want them to break up because of me.

  7. Imperative

    Lasciatevi da amici, almeno questo.

    Part as friends, at least that.

Good to know

  • Ci siamo lasciati is "we broke up"; lasciare qualcuno is to leave someone.

Verbs like this one

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