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Conjugation of rimanere in Italian

rimanereto remain, to stayirregular

Presente

Actions happening now or habitually.

io~~rimano~~rimangoLearners sometimes apply the regular -ere pattern and drop the irregular 'g' in the stem; the correct form is 'rimango'.
loro/Loro~~rimanono~~rimangonoThe third-person plural requires the inserted 'g' (rimangono) to keep the correct pronunciation; omitting it is a common error.

Past actions with a bearing on the present.

io~~ho rimasto~~sono rimastoRimanere uses the auxiliary 'essere' in compound tenses, not 'avere' (correct: 'sono rimasto').

Ongoing or habitual actions in the past.

Actions that will happen.

io~~rimanerò~~rimarròLearners may try to form the future regularly from the infinitive; this verb contracts the stem (rimarrò).

Actions that would happen under some condition.

io~~rimarei~~rimarreiThe correct conditional preserves the doubled-r stem (rimarrei); dropping the extra 'r' is a frequent mistake.

Wishes, doubts and possibilities in the present.

io~~rimango~~rimangaUsing the indicative instead of the subjunctive is common; the correct subjunctive is 'rimanga'.

Commands and requests.

lui/lei/Lei~~rimani~~rimangaFor the formal 'Lei' imperative, Italian uses the subjunctive form 'rimanga', not the tu form 'rimani'.

The -ing form used for ongoing action.

Is rimanere a regular verb?

No — rimanere is an irregular Italian verb, so some of its forms do not follow the standard endings.

What does rimanere mean?

rimanere is a Italian verb meaning "to remain, to stay".