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ITALIAN VERB

tradurre

to translate

  • #242 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: tradotto
  • Gerund: traducendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use tradurre

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

  1. Present

    Traduci questa frase per me?

    Can you translate this sentence for me?

  2. Past

    Ho tradotto il menù per i turisti.

    I translated the menu for the tourists.

  3. Imperfect

    Mia zia traduceva libri per bambini.

    My aunt used to translate children's books.

  4. Future

    Il telefono tradurrà tutto in un secondo.

    The phone will translate everything in a second.

  5. Conditional

    Come tradurresti la parola magari in inglese?

    How would you translate the word magari into English?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Serve qualcuno che traduca dal giapponese.

    We need someone who translates from Japanese.

  7. Imperative

    Traduci parola per parola, poi sistema la frase.

    Translate word for word, then fix the sentence.

Good to know

  • Tradurre dall'italiano all'inglese: from one language with da, into the other with a.

Verbs like this one

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