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ITALIAN VERB

uccidere

to kill

  • #377 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: ucciso
  • Gerund: uccidendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use uccidere

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

  1. Present

    Il gelo uccide le piante del balcone ogni inverno.

    The frost kills the balcony plants every winter.

  2. Past

    Un'auto ha ucciso il gatto dei vicini stanotte.

    A car killed the neighbours' cat last night.

  3. Imperfect

    Nel film il cattivo uccideva tutti senza motivo.

    In the film, the villain killed everyone for no reason.

  4. Future

    Se non lo curi, questo fungo ucciderà l'albero.

    If you don't treat it, this fungus will kill the tree.

  5. Conditional

    Un inverno così freddo ucciderebbe i limoni.

    Such a cold winter would kill the lemon trees.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ho paura che il veleno uccida anche gli uccelli.

    I'm afraid the poison will kill the birds too.

  7. Imperative

    Non uccidete il ragno, portatelo fuori.

    Don't kill the spider, take it outside.

Good to know

  • Ammazzare is the everyday, rougher word for the same thing: l'hanno ammazzato.

Verbs like this one

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