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ITALIAN VERB

visitare

to visit

  • #150 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: visitato
  • Gerund: visitando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use visitare

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

  1. Present

    Oggi visitiamo il Duomo e il castello.

    Today we're visiting the cathedral and the castle.

  2. Past

    Hai visitato gli Uffizi quando eri a Firenze?

    Did you visit the Uffizi when you were in Florence?

  3. Imperfect

    Ogni anno visitavamo una città nuova.

    Every year we visited a new city.

  4. Future

    Domani visiteremo il mercato del pesce.

    Tomorrow we'll visit the fish market.

  5. Conditional

    Visiterei volentieri Napoli, non ci sono mai stata.

    I'd love to visit Naples, I've never been.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che visitiate anche le isole.

    I hope you visit the islands too.

  7. Imperative

    Visita il paese vecchio, è bellissimo.

    Visit the old village, it's beautiful.

Good to know

  • Visitare is for places and museums; to visit a person, andare a trovare.
  • A doctor also visita a patient: the examination is la visita.

Verbs like this one

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