crescere

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)

(intransitive) to grow, to increase, to expand [auxiliary essere]
(intransitive, figurative) to progress [auxiliary essere]
(transitive) to increase
(transitive) to grow, to cultivate

Conjugation

Conjugation of créscere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	créscere
auxiliary verb		èssere¹, avére²	gerund		crescèndo
present participle		crescènte	past participle		cresciùto
person	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
imperative		crésci	crésca	cresciàmo	crescéte	créscano
negative imperative		non créscere	non crésca	non cresciàmo	non crescéte	non créscano

¹Intransitive.
²Transitive.

Related terms

crescendo
crescenza
crescimento
crescita
decrescere / screscere
increscere / rincrescere
crescent, from the French croissant, used to describe the waxing phase of the moon

Latin

Verb

crēscere

present active infinitive of crēscō

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