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ITALIAN VERB

sospettare

to suspect

  • #399 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: sospettato
  • Gerund: sospettando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use sospettare

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

  1. Present

    Sospetto che ci sia lei dietro questa sorpresa.

    I suspect she's behind this surprise.

  2. Past

    La polizia ha sospettato subito del vicino.

    The police suspected the neighbour right away.

  3. Imperfect

    Sospettavo da tempo che mentisse.

    I had suspected for a while that he was lying.

  4. Future

    Se arrivi così tardi, tua madre sospetterà qualcosa.

    If you get home this late, your mother will suspect something.

  5. Conditional

    Nessuno sospetterebbe mai di una persona così gentile.

    Nobody would ever suspect such a kind person.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non voglio che sospettino di me per niente.

    I don't want them suspecting me over nothing.

  7. Imperative

    Non sospettate sempre del peggio, fidatevi un po'.

    Don't always suspect the worst, trust a little.

Good to know

  • Sospettare di qualcuno is to suspect someone; sospettare che takes the subjunctive.

Verbs like this one

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