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Italian verb · irregular · first needed at intermediate level (B1)

perdere

to lose; to miss

Participle (the form is literary). also means to miss a train or a bus, and to waste time: , .

Speed:

Present

Presente

What happens now, usually, or in the near future.

ioperdo
tuperdi
lui / leiperde
noiperdiamo
voiperdete
loroperdono

Present perfect

Passato prossimo

Finished actions in the past: what you did yesterday, last week or last year.

ioho perso
tuhai perso
lui / leiha perso
noiabbiamo perso
voiavete perso
lorohanno perso

Imperfect

Imperfetto

Descriptions and habits in the past: what used to happen or was going on.

ioperdevo
tuperdevi
lui / leiperdeva
noiperdevamo
voiperdevate
loroperdevano

Future

Futuro semplice

What will happen. Also used to guess about the present.

ioperderò
tuperderai
lui / leiperderà
noiperderemo
voiperderete
loroperderanno

Conditional

Condizionale presente

What would happen, and polite requests and wishes.

ioperderei
tuperderesti
lui / leiperderebbe
noiperderemmo
voiperdereste
loroperderebbero

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente

After in phrases like , , .

ioperda
tuperda
lui / leiperda
noiperdiamo
voiperdiate
loroperdano

Examples

  • Ho perso le chiavi.I've lost my keys.
  • Siccome abito lontano, perdo un'ora in autobus.As I live a long way away, I lose an hour on the bus.
  • Abbiamo perso il treno delle otto.We missed the eight o'clock train.