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ITALIAN VERB

rispettare

to respect

  • #366 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: rispettato
  • Gerund: rispettando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use rispettare

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

  1. Present

    Rispetto molto le tue scelte, anche se non le capisco.

    I really respect your choices, even if I don't understand them.

  2. Past

    Non hanno rispettato la fila e la gente si è arrabbiata.

    They didn't respect the queue and people got angry.

  3. Imperfect

    In paese tutti rispettavano il vecchio maestro.

    In the village, everyone respected the old teacher.

  4. Future

    Rispetteremo i tempi, il lavoro sarà pronto venerdì.

    We'll keep to the schedule, the work will be ready on Friday.

  5. Conditional

    Un buon capo rispetterebbe le ferie dei dipendenti.

    A good boss would respect employees' holidays.

  6. Present subjunctive

    È importante che tutti rispettino le regole della casa.

    It's important that everyone respects the house rules.

  7. Imperative

    Rispetta i tuoi nonni, hanno fatto tanto per te.

    Respect your grandparents, they've done so much for you.

Good to know

  • Rispettare is also to keep to something: rispettare le regole, rispettare i tempi.

Verbs like this one

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