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Conjugation of the Italian verb crescere

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb crescere, along with their English translations.

crescere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
crescere	to grow

Present		Scored
io cresco	I grow
tu cresci	you grow
lui cresce	he grows
lei cresce	she grows
noi cresciamo	we grow
voi crescete	you grow
loro crescono	they grow

Imperfect		Scored
io crescevo	I was growing
tu crescevi	you were growing
lui cresceva	he was growing
lei cresceva	she was growing
noi crescevamo	we were growing
voi crescevate	you were growing
loro crescevano	they were growing

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io crebbi	I grew
tu crescesti	you grew
lui crebbe	he grew
lei crebbe	she grew
noi crescemmo	we grew
voi cresceste	you grew
loro crebbero	they grew

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io sono cresciuto	I grew
tu sei cresciuto	you grew
lui è cresciuto	he grew
lei è cresciuta	she grew
noi siamo cresciuti	we grew
voi siete cresciuti	you grew
loro sono cresciuti	they grew
loro sono cresciute	they grew

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io ero cresciuto	I had grown
tu eri cresciuto	you had grown
lui era cresciuto	he had grown
lei era cresciuta	she had grown
noi eravamo cresciuti	we had grown
voi eravate cresciuti	you had grown
loro erano cresciuti	they had grown
loro erano cresciute	they had grown

Future		Scored
io crescerò	I will grow
tu crescerai	you will grow
lui crescerà	he will grow
lei crescerà	she will grow
noi cresceremo	we will grow
voi crescerete	you will grow
loro cresceranno	they will grow

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io sarò cresciuto	I will have grown
tu sarai cresciuto	you will have grown
lui sarà cresciuto	he will have grown
lei sarà cresciuta	she will have grown
noi saremo cresciuti	we will have grown
voi sarete cresciuti	you will have grown
loro saranno cresciuti	they will have grown
loro saranno cresciute	they will have grown

Conditional		Scored
io crescerei	I would grow
tu cresceresti	you would grow
lui crescerebbe	he would grow
lei crescerebbe	she would grow
noi cresceremmo	we would grow
voi crescereste	you would grow
loro crescerebbero	they would grow

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io sarei cresciuto	I would have grown
tu saresti cresciuto	you would have grown
lui sarebbe cresciuto	he would have grown
lei sarebbe cresciuta	she would have grown
noi saremmo cresciuti	we would have grown
voi sareste cresciuti	you would have grown
loro sarebbero cresciuti	they would have grown
loro sarebbero cresciute	they would have grown

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cresca	(... that) I grow
(... che) tu cresca	(... that) you grow
(... che) lui cresca	(... that) he grows
(... che) lei cresca	(... that) she grows
(... che) noi cresciamo	(... that) we grow
(... che) voi cresciate	(... that) you grow
(... che) loro crescano	(... that) they grow

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io crescessi	(... that) I was growing
(... che) tu crescessi	(... that) you were growing
(... che) lui crescesse	(... that) he was growing
(... che) lei crescesse	(... that) she was growing
(... che) noi crescessimo	(... that) we were growing
(... che) voi cresceste	(... that) you were growing
(... che) loro crescessero	(... that) they were growing

Imperative		Scored
cresci	Grow
cresciamo	Let's grow
crescete	Grow

Present Participle		Scored
crescente	growing

Past Participle		Scored
cresciuto	grown

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