Salire Italian Definition, Conjugation and Usage Examples

Salire Definition:

• To climb or go/come up

Salire Can Also Mean

• To rise (increase)

Note: Salire is an irregular -ire verb, so it’s very important to memorize the io and loro forms in the present tense.

Salire Italian Conjugation

Salire Presente Conjugation:

	Italian	English
io	Salgo	I climb/go up
tu	Sali	You climb/go up
lui/lei	Sale	He/she climb/go up
noi	Saliamo	We climb/go up
voi	Salite	You all climb/go up
loro	Salgono	They climb/go up

Salire Presente Examples

1. Salire in macchina = To get in the car
2. Sali in macchina e parti per la settimana = Get in the car and leave for the week
3. Salgo le scale = I climb the stairs

Salire Passato Prossimo Conjugation

	Italian	English
io	Ho Salito	I climbed/went up
tu	Hai Salito	You climbed/went up
lui/lei	Ha Salito	He/she climbed/went up
noi	Abbiamo Salito	We climbed/went up
voi	Avete Salito	You all climbed/went up
loro	Hanno Salito	They climbed/went up

Salire Passato Prossimo Examples

1. Luigi ha salito la montagna = Luigi climbed the mountain
2. Abbiamo salito le scale = We went up the stairs
3. Se sei salito a bordo del treno sbagliato = If you boarded the wrong train

“Se sei salito a bordo del treno sbagliato, non ti serve a molto correre lungo il corridoio nella direzione opposta.”/nDietrich Bonhoeffer pic.twitter.com/ZTAOZrY4d1

— Roberto Antonini (@toninibobo61) March 22, 2023

Salire Futuro Semplice Conjugation:

	Italian	English
io	Salirò	I will climb/go up
tu	Salirai	You will climb/go up
lui/lei	Salirà	He/she will climb/go up
noi	Saliremo	We will climb/go up
voi	Salirete	You all will climb/go up
loro	Saliranno	They will climb/go up

Salire Futuro Semplice Examples

1. Domani salirò su un aereo = Tomorrow I will board an aeroplane or I’m getting on a plane tomorrow
2. Mentre il sole salirà alle spalle le montagne  = While the sun will rise behind the mountains
3. Tu salirai sul mare = You will go up to the sea

Salire Imperfetto Conjugation:

	Italian	English
io	Salivo	I climbed/went up
tu	Salivi	You climbed/went up
lui/lei	Saliva	He/she climbed/went up
noi	Salivamo	We climbed/went up
voi	Salivate	You all climbed/went up
loro	Salivano	They climbed/went up

Salire Imperfetto Examples

1. Tu salivi sempre sugli alberi = You used to always climb the trees
2. Nonna saliva le scale = Granda used to climb the stairs