crescere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin crēscere, from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow, become bigger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreʃ.ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -eʃʃere
  • Hyphenation: cré‧sce‧re
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Verb

créscere (first-person singular present crésco, first-person singular past historic crébbi, past participle cresciùto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to grow, to increase, to expand
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to progress
  3. (transitive) to increase
  4. (transitive) to grow, to cultivate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of créscere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive créscere
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund crescèndo
present participle crescènte past participle cresciùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present crésco crésci crésce cresciàmo crescéte créscono
imperfect crescévo crescévi crescéva crescevàmo crescevàte crescévano
past historic crébbi crescésti crébbe crescémmo crescéste crébbero
future crescerò crescerài crescerà crescerémo cresceréte crescerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present crescerèi crescerésti crescerèbbe, crescerébbe crescerémmo cresceréste crescerèbbero, crescerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present crésca crésca crésca cresciàmo cresciàte créscano
imperfect crescéssi crescéssi crescésse crescéssimo crescéste crescéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
crésci crésca cresciàmo crescéte créscano
negative imperative non créscere non crésca non cresciàmo non crescéte non créscano

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

Related terms

Latin

Verb

crēscere

  1. present active infinitive of crēscō
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