Odiare Conjugation in Italian
odiare means “to hate” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Italian learners meet — it sits at number 51 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for Italian verbs. It is the verb for hating something, and it is completely regular in every tense. Because it ends in -iare, the stem-final i drops before an i-initial ending, so the io form is odio and the tu form is odi. Its opposite is amare, to love. This page gives you the complete conjugation of odiare — 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 odio il freddo ogni giorno.” — “I hate the cold.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: odiare
- English: to hate
- Verb type: Regular -are verb
- Irregular in: none — regular in every tense
- Gerund: odiando
- Present participle: odiante
- Past participle: odiato
- 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 odiare, 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 odiare in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about odiare
- 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 stem-final i drops before an i-initial ending, so the tu form is odi and the noi form is odiamo.
- The perfect tenses use avere: the passato prossimo is formed with avere in the present plus the past participle odiato. 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 odiante and odiato: 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 odiare. 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 | odio |
| tu | odi |
| lui/lei | odia |
| noi | odiamo |
| voi | odiate |
| loro | odiano |
The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Io odio il freddo ogni giorno.” — “I hate the cold”
Passato remoto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | odiai |
| tu | odiasti |
| lui/lei | odiò |
| noi | odiammo |
| voi | odiaste |
| loro | odiarono |
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 odiai il freddo ieri.” — “I hated the cold”
Imperfect (imperfetto)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | odiavo |
| tu | odiavi |
| lui/lei | odiava |
| noi | odiavamo |
| voi | odiavate |
| loro | odiavano |
The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and for background description. For example: “Io odiavo il freddo una volta.” — “I used to hate the cold”
Future (futuro semplice)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | odierò |
| tu | odierai |
| lui/lei | odierà |
| noi | odieremo |
| voi | odierete |
| loro | odieranno |
The future is used for what will happen, for predictions and for probability. For example: “Io odierò il freddo domani.” — “I will hate the cold”
Conditional (condizionale)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | odierei |
| tu | odieresti |
| lui/lei | odierebbe |
| noi | odieremmo |
| voi | odiereste |
| loro | odierebbero |
The conditional is used for what would happen, for polite requests and for hypothetical situations. For example: “Io odierei il freddo un giorno.” — “I would hate the cold”
Present perfect (passato prossimo)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | ho odiato |
| tu | hai odiato |
| lui/lei | ha odiato |
| noi | abbiamo odiato |
| voi | avete odiato |
| loro | hanno odiato |
The passato prossimo is used for completed actions in the past, especially in spoken Italian. For example: “Lui ha odiato il freddo questa settimana.” — “He has hated the cold”
Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avevo odiato |
| tu | avevi odiato |
| lui/lei | aveva odiato |
| noi | avevamo odiato |
| voi | avevate odiato |
| loro | avevano odiato |
The pluperfect is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Io avevo odiato il freddo prima della festa.” — “I had hated the cold”
Future perfect (futuro anteriore)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avrò odiato |
| tu | avrai odiato |
| lui/lei | avrà odiato |
| noi | avremo odiato |
| voi | avrete odiato |
| loro | avranno odiato |
The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Io avrò odiato il freddo per domani.” — “I will have hated the cold”
Conditional perfect (condizionale passato)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avrei odiato |
| tu | avresti odiato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe odiato |
| noi | avremmo odiato |
| voi | avreste odiato |
| loro | avrebbero odiato |
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Io avrei odiato il freddo ieri.” — “I would have hated the cold”
Present subjunctive (congiuntivo presente)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | odi |
| tu | odi |
| lui/lei | odi |
| noi | odiamo |
| voi | odiate |
| loro | odino |
The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after che. For example: “È importante che io odi il freddo.” — “It is important that I hate the cold”
Imperfect subjunctive (congiuntivo imperfetto)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | odiassi |
| tu | odiassi |
| lui/lei | odiasse |
| noi | odiassimo |
| voi | odiaste |
| loro | odiassero |
The imperfect subjunctive is used in the past for wishes and hypotheticals after che, and in if-clauses. For example: “Era importante che io odiassi il freddo.” — “It was important that I hate the cold”
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | odia |
| lui/lei | odi |
| noi | odiamo |
| voi | odiate |
| loro | odino |
The affirmative imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Odia il freddo!” — “Hate the cold!”
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | odiare |
| lui/lei | odi |
| noi | odiamo |
| voi | odiate |
| loro | odino |
The negative imperative is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Non odiare il freddo.” — “Do not hate the cold.”
Gerund
| Form | Italian |
|---|---|
| Gerund | odiando |
The gerund is used for an action happening at the same time as another action, often with stare for the progressive. For example: “Odiando il freddo, imparo molto.” — “While hating the cold, I learn a lot.”
Present participle
| Form | Italian |
|---|---|
| Present participle | odiante |
The present participle is used as an adjective, describing an ongoing action. For example, the participle odiante 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 | odiato |
The past participle is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Io ho odiato il freddo questa settimana.” — “I have hated the cold.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with odiare, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Italian and try to produce it from the English.
- “Io odio il freddo ogni giorno.” — “I hate the cold”
- “Tu odiasti il freddo ieri.” — “You hated the cold”
- “Lui odiava il freddo una volta.” — “He used to hate the cold”
- “Io odierò il freddo domani.” — “I will hate the cold”
- “Tu odieresti il freddo un giorno.” — “You would hate the cold”
- “Lui ha odiato il freddo questa settimana.” — “He has hated the cold”
- “Io avevo odiato il freddo prima della festa.” — “I had hated the cold”
- “Tu avrai odiato il freddo per domani.” — “You will have hated the cold”
- “È importante che io odi il freddo.” — “It is important that I hate the cold”
- “Odia il freddo!” — “Hate the cold!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Io odiare il freddo.”
✓ Right: “Io odio il freddo ogni giorno.”
The infinitive odiare never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form odio.
2. Using the wrong person’s form
✗ Wrong: “Io odi il freddo.”
✓ Right: “Io odio il freddo ogni giorno.”
odi is the tu form, not the io form. Match the verb to the subject every time: io goes with odio.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Io odio il freddo ieri.”
✓ Right: “Io ho odiato il freddo questa settimana.”
Yesterday points to the past, so the present is wrong here. Use the passato prossimo ho odiato for a finished action yesterday.
4. Using the wrong auxiliary in the passato prossimo
✗ Wrong: “Io sono odiato il freddo.”
✓ Right: “Io ho odiato il freddo questa settimana.”
The passato prossimo of odiare is formed with avere plus the past participle odiato: the io form is ho odiato. 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 odio il freddo.”
✓ Right: “È importante che io odi il freddo.”
After è importante che Italian needs the subjunctive, so use odi here, not the indicative odio.
6. Using the gerund instead of the past participle in a perfect tense
✗ Wrong: “Io ho odiando il freddo.”
✓ Right: “Io ho odiato il freddo questa settimana.”
The perfect tenses need the past participle odiato, not the gerund odiando. The gerund belongs in progressive constructions, never after an auxiliary in a perfect tense.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on odiare. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the io form of odiare in the Present indicative?
- A) odi
- B) odio
- C) odia
- D) odiamo
What is the lui/lei form of odiare in the Passato remoto?
- A) odiai
- B) odiasti
- C) odiò
- D) odiammo
What is the noi form of odiare in the Imperfect?
- A) odiavo
- B) odiavi
- C) odiava
- D) odiavamo
What is the tu form of odiare in the Future?
- A) odierai
- B) odierò
- C) odierà
- D) odieremo
What is the io form of odiare in the Conditional?
- A) odieresti
- B) odierei
- C) odierebbe
- D) odieremmo
What is the lui/lei form of odiare in the Present perfect (passato prossimo)?
- A) ho odiato
- B) hai odiato
- C) ha odiato
- D) abbiamo odiato
What is the lui/lei form of odiare in the Present subjunctive?
- A) odiamo
- B) odiate
- C) odino
- D) odi
What is the io form of odiare in the Imperfect subjunctive?
- A) odiassi
- B) odiasse
- C) odiassimo
- D) odiaste
What is the gerund of odiare?
- A) odiato
- B) odiando
- C) odiare
- D) odio
What does odiare mean in English?
- A) to explain
- B) to answer
- C) to hate
- D) to ask
Answer key
- B) odio — the correct form is odio. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) odiò — the correct form is odiò. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) odiavamo — the correct form is odiavamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) odierai — the correct form is odierai. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) odierei — the correct form is odierei. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) ha odiato — the correct form is ha odiato. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) odi — the correct form is odi. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) odiassi — the correct form is odiassi. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) odiando — the correct form is odiando. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) to hate — the correct form is to hate. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
Frequently asked questions
What does odiare mean in English?
odiare means “to hate”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is odiare regular or irregular?
odiare is regular: it follows the ordinary -are pattern in every tense. The gerund is odiando and the past participle is odiato.
What are the gerund and past participle of odiare?
The gerund is odiando — use it with stare for the progressive. The past participle is odiato — use it with avere for the perfect tenses, as in ho odiato.
Which auxiliary does odiare take in the passato prossimo?
odiare takes avere in the passato prossimo: the io form is ho odiato. All four perfect tenses on this page are built with avere plus the past participle odiato.
How do I say “I hate” in Italian?
Say “Io odio il freddo ogni giorno.” — “I hate the cold” The io form of the present is odio, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of odiare — every tense of odiare in one place.
- Odiare in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Odiare 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.
- Spiegare conjugation — another everyday Italian verb.
- Domandare 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 odiare with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise odiare with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise odiare with the interactive tool.