Skip to content
fluentbyear

ITALIAN VERB

peggiorare

to get worse

  • #267 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: peggiorato
  • Gerund: peggiorando

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use peggiorare

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

  1. Present

    La tosse peggiora di notte.

    The cough gets worse at night.

  2. Past

    Il tempo è peggiorato nel pomeriggio.

    The weather got worse in the afternoon.

  3. Imperfect

    La situazione peggiorava di giorno in giorno.

    The situation was getting worse day by day.

  4. Future

    Se non riposi, peggiorerai di sicuro.

    If you don't rest, you'll definitely get worse.

  5. Conditional

    Con questo freddo il raffreddore peggiorerebbe.

    In this cold your cold would get worse.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Temo che il traffico peggiori verso le sei.

    I'm afraid the traffic will get worse around six.

  7. Imperative

    Non peggiorare le cose, stai zitto.

    Don't make things worse, be quiet.

Good to know

  • With essere something gets worse (il tempo è peggiorato); with avere you make it worse (hai peggiorato le cose).

Verbs like this one

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