Offrire Conjugation in Italian
offrire means “to offer” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Italian learners meet — it sits at number 346 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for Italian verbs. It means to offer something to someone, and it is irregular in the passato remoto and the past participle: the participle is offerto, while the present is regular. This page gives you the complete conjugation of offrire — 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 offro un caffè a Maria ogni giorno.” — “I offer Maria a coffee.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: offrire
- English: to offer
- Verb type: Irregular -ire verb
- Irregular in: passato-remoto, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect
- Gerund: offrendo
- Present participle: offrente
- Past participle: offerto
- Auxiliary: avere (all perfect tenses are formed with avere + the past participle)
- Ending: -ire verbs; pattern ire in the verified tables
Pronunciation
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for offrire, 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 offrire in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about offrire
- It is irregular in 4 tense(s): passato-remoto, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect. Learn those forms as a set instead of guessing them from the infinitive, because the stem changes in ways no rule predicts.
- The perfect tenses use avere: the passato prossimo is formed with avere in the present plus the past participle offerto. 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 offrente and offerto: 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 offrire. 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 | offro |
| tu | offri |
| lui/lei | offre |
| noi | offriamo |
| voi | offrite |
| loro | offrono |
The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Io offro un caffè a Maria ogni giorno.” — “I offer Maria a coffee”
Passato remoto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | offersi |
| tu | offristi |
| lui/lei | offerse |
| noi | offrimmo |
| voi | offriste |
| loro | offersero |
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 offersi un caffè a Maria ieri.” — “I offered Maria a coffee”
Imperfect (imperfetto)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | offrivo |
| tu | offrivi |
| lui/lei | offriva |
| noi | offrivamo |
| voi | offrivate |
| loro | offrivano |
The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and for background description. For example: “Io offrivo un caffè a Maria una volta.” — “I used to offer Maria a coffee”
Future (futuro semplice)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | offrirò |
| tu | offrirai |
| lui/lei | offrirà |
| noi | offriremo |
| voi | offrirete |
| loro | offriranno |
The future is used for what will happen, for predictions and for probability. For example: “Io offrirò un caffè a Maria domani.” — “I will offer Maria a coffee”
Conditional (condizionale)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | offrirei |
| tu | offriresti |
| lui/lei | offrirebbe |
| noi | offriremmo |
| voi | offrireste |
| loro | offrirebbero |
The conditional is used for what would happen, for polite requests and for hypothetical situations. For example: “Io offrirei un caffè a Maria un giorno.” — “I would offer Maria a coffee”
Present perfect (passato prossimo)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | ho offerto |
| tu | hai offerto |
| lui/lei | ha offerto |
| noi | abbiamo offerto |
| voi | avete offerto |
| loro | hanno offerto |
The passato prossimo is used for completed actions in the past, especially in spoken Italian. For example: “Lui ha offerto un caffè a Maria questa settimana.” — “He has offered Maria a coffee”
Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avevo offerto |
| tu | avevi offerto |
| lui/lei | aveva offerto |
| noi | avevamo offerto |
| voi | avevate offerto |
| loro | avevano offerto |
The pluperfect is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Io avevo offerto un caffè a Maria prima della festa.” — “I had offered Maria a coffee”
Future perfect (futuro anteriore)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avrò offerto |
| tu | avrai offerto |
| lui/lei | avrà offerto |
| noi | avremo offerto |
| voi | avrete offerto |
| loro | avranno offerto |
The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Io avrò offerto un caffè a Maria per domani.” — “I will have offered Maria a coffee”
Conditional perfect (condizionale passato)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | avrei offerto |
| tu | avresti offerto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe offerto |
| noi | avremmo offerto |
| voi | avreste offerto |
| loro | avrebbero offerto |
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Io avrei offerto un caffè a Maria ieri.” — “I would have offered Maria a coffee”
Present subjunctive (congiuntivo presente)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | offra |
| tu | offra |
| lui/lei | offra |
| noi | offriamo |
| voi | offriate |
| loro | offrano |
The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after che. For example: “È importante che io offra un caffè a Maria.” — “It is important that I offer Maria a coffee”
Imperfect subjunctive (congiuntivo imperfetto)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| io | offrissi |
| tu | offrissi |
| lui/lei | offrisse |
| noi | offrissimo |
| voi | offriste |
| loro | offrissero |
The imperfect subjunctive is used in the past for wishes and hypotheticals after che, and in if-clauses. For example: “Era importante che io offrissi un caffè a Maria.” — “It was important that I offer Maria a coffee”
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | offri |
| lui/lei | offra |
| noi | offriamo |
| voi | offrite |
| loro | offrano |
The affirmative imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Offri un caffè a Maria!” — “Offer Maria a coffee!”
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | offrire |
| lui/lei | offra |
| noi | offriamo |
| voi | offriate |
| loro | offrano |
The negative imperative is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Non offrire un caffè a Maria.” — “Do not offer Maria a coffee.”
Gerund
| Form | Italian |
|---|---|
| Gerund | offrendo |
The gerund is used for an action happening at the same time as another action, often with stare for the progressive. For example: “Offrendo un caffè a Maria, imparo molto.” — “While offering Maria a coffee, I learn a lot.”
Present participle
| Form | Italian |
|---|---|
| Present participle | offrente |
The present participle is used as an adjective, describing an ongoing action. For example, the participle offrente 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 | offerto |
The past participle is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Io ho offerto un caffè a Maria questa settimana.” — “I have offered Maria a coffee.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with offrire, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Italian and try to produce it from the English.
- “Io offro un caffè a Maria ogni giorno.” — “I offer Maria a coffee”
- “Tu offristi un caffè a Maria ieri.” — “You offered Maria a coffee”
- “Lui offriva un caffè a Maria una volta.” — “He used to offer Maria a coffee”
- “Io offrirò un caffè a Maria domani.” — “I will offer Maria a coffee”
- “Tu offriresti un caffè a Maria un giorno.” — “You would offer Maria a coffee”
- “Lui ha offerto un caffè a Maria questa settimana.” — “He has offered Maria a coffee”
- “Io avevo offerto un caffè a Maria prima della festa.” — “I had offered Maria a coffee”
- “Tu avrai offerto un caffè a Maria per domani.” — “You will have offered Maria a coffee”
- “È importante che io offra un caffè a Maria.” — “It is important that I offer Maria a coffee”
- “Offri un caffè a Maria!” — “Offer Maria a coffee!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Io offrire un caffè a Maria.”
✓ Right: “Io offro un caffè a Maria ogni giorno.”
The infinitive offrire never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form offro.
2. Using the wrong person’s form
✗ Wrong: “Io offri un caffè a Maria.”
✓ Right: “Io offro un caffè a Maria ogni giorno.”
offri is the tu form, not the io form. Match the verb to the subject every time: io goes with offro.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Io offro un caffè a Maria ieri.”
✓ Right: “Io ho offerto un caffè a Maria questa settimana.”
Yesterday points to the past, so the present is wrong here. Use the passato prossimo ho offerto for a finished action yesterday.
4. Using the wrong auxiliary in the passato prossimo
✗ Wrong: “Io sono offerto un caffè a Maria.”
✓ Right: “Io ho offerto un caffè a Maria questa settimana.”
The passato prossimo of offrire is formed with avere plus the past participle offerto: the io form is ho offerto. 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 offro un caffè a Maria.”
✓ Right: “È importante che io offra un caffè a Maria.”
After è importante che Italian needs the subjunctive, so use offra here, not the indicative offro.
6. Using the gerund instead of the past participle in a perfect tense
✗ Wrong: “Io ho offrendo un caffè a Maria.”
✓ Right: “Io ho offerto un caffè a Maria questa settimana.”
The perfect tenses need the past participle offerto, not the gerund offrendo. The gerund belongs in progressive constructions, never after an auxiliary in a perfect tense.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on offrire. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the io form of offrire in the Present indicative?
- A) offri
- B) offro
- C) offre
- D) offriamo
What is the lui/lei form of offrire in the Passato remoto?
- A) offersi
- B) offristi
- C) offerse
- D) offrimmo
What is the noi form of offrire in the Imperfect?
- A) offrivo
- B) offrivi
- C) offriva
- D) offrivamo
What is the tu form of offrire in the Future?
- A) offrirai
- B) offrirò
- C) offrirà
- D) offriremo
What is the io form of offrire in the Conditional?
- A) offriresti
- B) offrirei
- C) offrirebbe
- D) offriremmo
What is the lui/lei form of offrire in the Present perfect (passato prossimo)?
- A) ho offerto
- B) hai offerto
- C) ha offerto
- D) abbiamo offerto
What is the lui/lei form of offrire in the Present subjunctive?
- A) offriamo
- B) offriate
- C) offrano
- D) offra
What is the io form of offrire in the Imperfect subjunctive?
- A) offrissi
- B) offrisse
- C) offrissimo
- D) offriste
What is the gerund of offrire?
- A) offerto
- B) offrendo
- C) offrire
- D) offro
What does offrire mean in English?
- A) to sit down
- B) to get dressed
- C) to offer
- D) to call
Answer key
- B) offro — the correct form is offro. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) offerse — the correct form is offerse. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) offrivamo — the correct form is offrivamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) offrirai — the correct form is offrirai. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) offrirei — the correct form is offrirei. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) ha offerto — the correct form is ha offerto. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) offra — the correct form is offra. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) offrissi — the correct form is offrissi. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) offrendo — the correct form is offrendo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) to offer — the correct form is to offer. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
Frequently asked questions
What does offrire mean in English?
offrire means “to offer”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is offrire regular or irregular?
offrire is irregular: it is irregular in passato-remoto, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect. The gerund is offrendo and the past participle is offerto.
What are the gerund and past participle of offrire?
The gerund is offrendo — use it with stare for the progressive. The past participle is offerto — use it with avere for the perfect tenses, as in ho offerto.
Which auxiliary does offrire take in the passato prossimo?
offrire takes avere in the passato prossimo: the io form is ho offerto. All four perfect tenses on this page are built with avere plus the past participle offerto.
How do I say “I offer” in Italian?
Say “Io offro un caffè a Maria ogni giorno.” — “I offer Maria a coffee” The io form of the present is offro, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of offrire — every tense of offrire in one place.
- Offrire in the passato prossimo tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Offrire examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Italian passato prossimo tense guide — the full guide to the passato prossimo tense in Italian.
- Italian irregular verbs — every common irregular Italian verb, grouped by pattern.
- Vestirsi conjugation — another everyday Italian verb.
- Seguire 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 offrire with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise offrire with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise offrire with the interactive tool.