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ITALIAN VERB

pubblicare

to publish

  • #406 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: pubblicato
  • Gerund: pubblicando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use pubblicare

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

  1. Present

    Pubblica una foto ogni giorno, anche in vacanza.

    She posts a photo every day, even on holiday.

  2. Past

    Hanno pubblicato i risultati dell'esame stamattina.

    They published the exam results this morning.

  3. Imperfect

    Il giornale pubblicava le lettere dei lettori ogni sabato.

    The newspaper used to publish readers' letters every Saturday.

  4. Future

    La casa editrice pubblicherà il suo primo romanzo a maggio.

    The publisher will publish her first novel in May.

  5. Conditional

    Non pubblicherei quella foto, si vede troppo la casa.

    I wouldn't post that photo, you can see too much of the house.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che pubblichino presto gli orari dei treni estivi.

    I hope they publish the summer train timetable soon.

  7. Imperative

    Pubblica l'annuncio oggi, così lo vedono tutti.

    Post the ad today, so everyone sees it.

Verbs like this one

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