dovremo

Dovremo is the first-person plural form of the Italian verb dovere in the simple future tense. It is used to express obligation, necessity, or expectation that applies in the future, similar to “we will have to” in English. The verb dovere is an irregular modal verb, and in the future tense its stem shifts to dovr- across all four persons.

Conjugation and usage: in the futuro semplice, the forms are io dovrò, tu dovrai, lui/lei dovrà, noi dovremo, voi dovrete, loro dovranno. Dovremo typically appears in statements about future obligations or necessities, or in planning contexts where a future action is required. It can also convey a sense of inevitability or a planned requirement arising from circumstances.

Examples:

- Domani dovremo partire presto per evitare il traffico. (Tomorrow we will have to leave early to avoid traffic.)

- Se il progetto non viene approvato, dovremo rivedere l’intera strategia. (If the project is not approved, we will have to revise the entire strategy.)

- Dovremo discutere i dettagli più tardi. (We will have to discuss the details later.)

Related forms: dovere also has present form dobbiamo for present obligation, imperfect dovevamo for past obligation, and the conditional dovremmo for “we should/we would have to.” The past participle is dovuto. Dovremo therefore belongs to a broader set of Italian modal verbs whose future form expresses necessity rather than mere opinion.