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ITALIAN VERB

produrre

to produce

  • #192 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: prodotto
  • Gerund: producendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use produrre

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

  1. Present

    Questa cantina produce un vino ottimo.

    This winery produces an excellent wine.

  2. Past

    L'azienda ha prodotto meno auto quest'anno.

    The company produced fewer cars this year.

  3. Imperfect

    Mio nonno produceva olio per tutto il paese.

    My grandfather produced oil for the whole village.

  4. Future

    L'anno prossimo produrremo anche il formaggio.

    Next year we'll produce cheese too.

  5. Conditional

    Con più sole il campo produrrebbe di più.

    With more sun the field would produce more.

  6. Present subjunctive

    È importante che produciate meno rifiuti.

    It's important that you produce less waste.

  7. Imperative

    Produci qualcosa di tuo, non copiare.

    Produce something of your own, don't copy.

Good to know

  • The other -durre verbs work the same way: tradurre, condurre, ridurre.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ere verb.