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ITALIAN VERB

aumentare

to increase

  • #270 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: aumentato
  • Gerund: aumentando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I increase
  2. tu you increase
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she increases
  4. noi we increase
  5. voi you all increase
  6. loro they increase

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I increased
  2. tu you increased
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she increased
  4. noi we increased
  5. voi you all increased
  6. loro they increased

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to increase
  2. tu you used to increase
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to increase
  4. noi we used to increase
  5. voi you all used to increase
  6. loro they used to increase

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will increase
  2. tu you will increase
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will increase
  4. noi we will increase
  5. voi you all will increase
  6. loro they will increase

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would increase
  2. tu you would increase
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would increase
  4. noi we would increase
  5. voi you all would increase
  6. loro they would increase

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I increase
  2. tu (that) you increase
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she increase
  4. noi (that) we increase
  5. voi (that) you all increase
  6. loro (that) they increase

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu increase!
  2. Lei increase! (formal)
  3. noi increase! (let’s)
  4. voi increase! (all of you)

How to use aumentare

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Il prezzo della benzina aumenta ancora.

    The price of petrol is going up again.

  2. Past

    L'affitto è aumentato di cento euro.

    The rent went up by a hundred euros.

  3. Imperfect

    Ogni anno i turisti aumentavano.

    Every year there were more tourists.

  4. Future

    Da gennaio aumenteranno i biglietti dell'autobus.

    From January bus tickets will go up.

  5. Conditional

    Con più pubblicità le vendite aumenterebbero.

    With more advertising sales would increase.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ho paura che aumentino di nuovo le tasse.

    I'm afraid taxes will go up again.

  7. Imperative

    Aumenta il volume, non sento niente.

    Turn up the volume, I can't hear anything.

Good to know

  • With essere something goes up (i prezzi sono aumentati); with avere someone raises it (hanno aumentato l'affitto).

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -are verb.