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ITALIAN VERB

migliorare

to improve

  • #266 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: migliorato
  • Gerund: migliorando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use migliorare

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

  1. Present

    Il tuo italiano migliora ogni settimana.

    Your Italian is improving every week.

  2. Past

    Ho migliorato molto la pronuncia con le canzoni.

    I've improved my pronunciation a lot with songs.

  3. Imperfect

    Il tempo migliorava di ora in ora.

    The weather was improving by the hour.

  4. Future

    Con l'esercizio migliorerai di sicuro.

    With practice you'll definitely improve.

  5. Conditional

    Un po' di sale migliorerebbe il sugo.

    A bit of salt would improve the sauce.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Speriamo che la situazione migliori presto.

    Let's hope the situation improves soon.

  7. Imperative

    Migliora la postura, o ti farà male la schiena.

    Improve your posture, or your back will hurt.

Good to know

  • With avere you improve something (ho migliorato la pronuncia); with essere it gets better by itself (il tempo è migliorato).

Verbs like this one

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