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ITALIAN VERB

sopportare

to put up with, to stand

  • #215 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: sopportato
  • Gerund: sopportando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use sopportare

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

  1. Present

    Non sopporto il rumore la mattina presto.

    I can't stand noise early in the morning.

  2. Past

    Ho sopportato quel capo per tre anni.

    I put up with that boss for three years.

  3. Imperfect

    Da ragazzo non sopportavo le verdure.

    As a boy I couldn't stand vegetables.

  4. Future

    Non sopporterò un altro inverno così freddo.

    I won't stand another winter this cold.

  5. Conditional

    Chi sopporterebbe tutto questo traffico ogni giorno?

    Who would put up with all this traffic every day?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Mi stupisce che tu sopporti quel rumore.

    I'm surprised you can stand that noise.

  7. Imperative

    Sopporta ancora un po', siamo quasi arrivati.

    Hang in there a bit longer, we're almost there.

Good to know

  • Sopportare is a false friend: it means to bear, not to support (that is sostenere).

Verbs like this one

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