Lasciare Conjugation in Italian
lasciare means “to leave” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Italian learners meet — it sits at number 125 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for Italian verbs. It means to leave something behind and to let someone do something, and it is completely regular. Do not confuse it with partire, which means to leave in the sense of departing on a journey. This page gives you the complete conjugation of lasciare — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Io lascio un messaggio ogni giorno.” — “I leave a message.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: lasciare
- English: to leave
- Verb type: Regular -are verb
- Irregular in: none — regular in every tense
- Gerund: lasciando
- Present participle: lasciante
- Past participle: lasciato
- Auxiliary: avere (all perfect tenses are formed with avere + the past participle)
- Ending: -are verbs; pattern are in the verified tables
Pronunciation
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for lasciare, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Learn the spelling of the forms first, and listen to a native speaker for the sounds rather than trusting an invented transcription. The forms below are the ones that matter: once you can read lasciare in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about lasciare
- It is regular: every form follows the ordinary -are pattern, so once you know the stem you can build the whole table. The only work is learning the endings, not memorising exceptions.
- The perfect tenses use avere: the passato prossimo is formed with avere in the present plus the past participle lasciato. The tables on this page give the participle in the masculine singular form, exactly as it appears in the verified dump; agreement with the subject is a separate step that depends on the sentence, not on the verb table.
- The participles are lasciante and lasciato: keep both in mind as you read the tables, because the present participle appears as an adjective and the past participle appears in every perfect tense. If you know those two forms and the present tense, you already know the skeleton of the whole conjugation.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for lasciare. Learn the present tense first, then the passato prossimo and the imperfect, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present indicative (presente)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | lascio |
| tu | lasci |
| lui/lei | lascia |
| noi | lasciamo |
| voi | lasciate |
| loro | lasciano |
The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Io lascio un messaggio ogni giorno.” — “I leave a message”
Passato remoto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | lasciai |
| tu | lasciasti |
| lui/lei | lasciò |
| noi | lasciammo |
| voi | lasciaste |
| loro | lasciarono |
The passato remoto is used for completed actions in the distant past, mostly in written and literary Italian and in the south of Italy. For example: “Io lasciai un messaggio ieri.” — “I left a message”
Imperfect (imperfetto)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | lasciavo |
| tu | lasciavi |
| lui/lei | lasciava |
| noi | lasciavamo |
| voi | lasciavate |
| loro | lasciavano |
The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and for background description. For example: “Io lasciavo un messaggio una volta.” — “I used to leave a message”
Future (futuro semplice)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | lascerò |
| tu | lascerai |
| lui/lei | lascerà |
| noi | lasceremo |
| voi | lascerete |
| loro | lasceranno |
The future is used for what will happen, for predictions and for probability. For example: “Io lascerò un messaggio domani.” — “I will leave a message”
Conditional (condizionale)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | lascerei |
| tu | lasceresti |
| lui/lei | lascerebbe |
| noi | lasceremmo |
| voi | lascereste |
| loro | lascerebbero |
The conditional is used for what would happen, for polite requests and for hypothetical situations. For example: “Io lascerei un messaggio un giorno.” — “I would leave a message”
Present perfect (passato prossimo)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | ho lasciato |
| tu | hai lasciato |
| lui/lei | ha lasciato |
| noi | abbiamo lasciato |
| voi | avete lasciato |
| loro | hanno lasciato |
The passato prossimo is used for completed actions in the past, especially in spoken Italian. For example: “Lui ha lasciato un messaggio questa settimana.” — “He has left a message”
Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avevo lasciato |
| tu | avevi lasciato |
| lui/lei | aveva lasciato |
| noi | avevamo lasciato |
| voi | avevate lasciato |
| loro | avevano lasciato |
The pluperfect is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Io avevo lasciato un messaggio prima della festa.” — “I had left a message”
Future perfect (futuro anteriore)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avrò lasciato |
| tu | avrai lasciato |
| lui/lei | avrà lasciato |
| noi | avremo lasciato |
| voi | avrete lasciato |
| loro | avranno lasciato |
The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Io avrò lasciato un messaggio per domani.” — “I will have left a message”
Conditional perfect (condizionale passato)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avrei lasciato |
| tu | avresti lasciato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe lasciato |
| noi | avremmo lasciato |
| voi | avreste lasciato |
| loro | avrebbero lasciato |
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Io avrei lasciato un messaggio ieri.” — “I would have left a message”
Present subjunctive (congiuntivo presente)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | lasci |
| tu | lasci |
| lui/lei | lasci |
| noi | lasciamo |
| voi | lasciate |
| loro | lascino |
The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after che. For example: “È importante che io lasci un messaggio.” — “It is important that I leave a message”
Imperfect subjunctive (congiuntivo imperfetto)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | lasciassi |
| tu | lasciassi |
| lui/lei | lasciasse |
| noi | lasciassimo |
| voi | lasciaste |
| loro | lasciassero |
The imperfect subjunctive is used in the past for wishes and hypotheticals after che, and in if-clauses. For example: “Era importante che io lasciassi un messaggio.” — “It was important that I leave a message”
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | lascia |
| lui/lei | lasci |
| noi | lasciamo |
| voi | lasciate |
| loro | lascino |
The affirmative imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Lascia un messaggio!” — “Leave a message!”
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | lasciare |
| lui/lei | lasci |
| noi | lasciamo |
| voi | lasciate |
| loro | lascino |
The negative imperative is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Non lasciare un messaggio.” — “Do not leave a message.”
Gerund
| Form | Italian |
|---|---|
| Gerund | lasciando |
The gerund is used for an action happening at the same time as another action, often with stare for the progressive. For example: “Lasciando un messaggio, imparo molto.” — “While leaving a message, I learn a lot.”
Present participle
| Form | Italian |
|---|---|
| Present participle | lasciante |
The present participle is used as an adjective, describing an ongoing action. For example, the participle lasciante is used to describe something that is happening at the same time as the main action, much like an English -ing adjective.
Past participle
| Form | Italian |
|---|---|
| Past participle | lasciato |
The past participle is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Io ho lasciato un messaggio questa settimana.” — “I have left a message.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with lasciare, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Italian and try to produce it from the English.
- “Io lascio un messaggio ogni giorno.” — “I leave a message”
- “Tu lasciasti un messaggio ieri.” — “You left a message”
- “Lui lasciava un messaggio una volta.” — “He used to leave a message”
- “Io lascerò un messaggio domani.” — “I will leave a message”
- “Tu lasceresti un messaggio un giorno.” — “You would leave a message”
- “Lui ha lasciato un messaggio questa settimana.” — “He has left a message”
- “Io avevo lasciato un messaggio prima della festa.” — “I had left a message”
- “Tu avrai lasciato un messaggio per domani.” — “You will have left a message”
- “È importante che io lasci un messaggio.” — “It is important that I leave a message”
- “Lascia un messaggio!” — “Leave a message!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Io lasciare un messaggio.”
✓ Right: “Io lascio un messaggio ogni giorno.”
The infinitive lasciare never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form lascio.
2. Using the wrong person’s form
✗ Wrong: “Io lasci un messaggio.”
✓ Right: “Io lascio un messaggio ogni giorno.”
lasci is the tu form, not the io form. Match the verb to the subject every time: io goes with lascio.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Io lascio un messaggio ieri.”
✓ Right: “Io ho lasciato un messaggio questa settimana.”
Yesterday points to the past, so the present is wrong here. Use the passato prossimo ho lasciato for a finished action yesterday.
4. Using the wrong auxiliary in the passato prossimo
✗ Wrong: “Io sono lasciato un messaggio.”
✓ Right: “Io ho lasciato un messaggio questa settimana.”
The passato prossimo of lasciare is formed with avere plus the past participle lasciato: the io form is ho lasciato. Check the auxiliary in the table above before you build a perfect tense.
5. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “È importante che io lascio un messaggio.”
✓ Right: “È importante che io lasci un messaggio.”
After è importante che Italian needs the subjunctive, so use lasci here, not the indicative lascio.
6. Using the gerund instead of the past participle in a perfect tense
✗ Wrong: “Io ho lasciando un messaggio.”
✓ Right: “Io ho lasciato un messaggio questa settimana.”
The perfect tenses need the past participle lasciato, not the gerund lasciando. The gerund belongs in progressive constructions, never after an auxiliary in a perfect tense.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on lasciare. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the io form of lasciare in the Present indicative?
- A) lasci
- B) lascio
- C) lascia
- D) lasciamo
What is the lui/lei form of lasciare in the Passato remoto?
- A) lasciai
- B) lasciasti
- C) lasciò
- D) lasciammo
What is the noi form of lasciare in the Imperfect?
- A) lasciavo
- B) lasciavi
- C) lasciava
- D) lasciavamo
What is the tu form of lasciare in the Future?
- A) lascerai
- B) lascerò
- C) lascerà
- D) lasceremo
What is the io form of lasciare in the Conditional?
- A) lasceresti
- B) lascerei
- C) lascerebbe
- D) lasceremmo
What is the lui/lei form of lasciare in the Present perfect (passato prossimo)?
- A) ho lasciato
- B) hai lasciato
- C) ha lasciato
- D) abbiamo lasciato
What is the lui/lei form of lasciare in the Present subjunctive?
- A) lasciamo
- B) lasciate
- C) lascino
- D) lasci
What is the io form of lasciare in the Imperfect subjunctive?
- A) lasciassi
- B) lasciasse
- C) lasciassimo
- D) lasciaste
What is the gerund of lasciare?
- A) lasciato
- B) lasciando
- C) lasciare
- D) lascio
What does lasciare mean in English?
- A) to be
- B) to have
- C) to leave
- D) to do, to make
Answer key
- B) lascio — the correct form is lascio. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) lasciò — the correct form is lasciò. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) lasciavamo — the correct form is lasciavamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) lascerai — the correct form is lascerai. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) lascerei — the correct form is lascerei. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) ha lasciato — the correct form is ha lasciato. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) lasci — the correct form is lasci. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) lasciassi — the correct form is lasciassi. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) lasciando — the correct form is lasciando. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) to leave — the correct form is to leave. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
Frequently asked questions
What does lasciare mean in English?
lasciare means “to leave”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is lasciare regular or irregular?
lasciare is regular: it follows the ordinary -are pattern in every tense. The gerund is lasciando and the past participle is lasciato.
What are the gerund and past participle of lasciare?
The gerund is lasciando — use it with stare for the progressive. The past participle is lasciato — use it with avere for the perfect tenses, as in ho lasciato.
Which auxiliary does lasciare take in the passato prossimo?
lasciare takes avere in the passato prossimo: the io form is ho lasciato. All four perfect tenses on this page are built with avere plus the past participle lasciato.
How do I say “I leave” in Italian?
Say “Io lascio un messaggio ogni giorno.” — “I leave a message” The io form of the present is lascio, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of lasciare — every tense of lasciare in one place.
- Lasciare in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Lasciare examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Italian present tense guide — the full guide to the present tense in Italian.
- Fare conjugation — another everyday Italian verb.
- Andare conjugation — another everyday Italian verb.
- Italian verbs — the full hub of Italian conjugation pages.
- VerbFlow home — all languages, tools and verb lists.
- Verb Conjugator — practise lasciare with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise lasciare with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise lasciare with the interactive tool.