Meaning
to worsen or aggravate
- to increase (a penalty)
- to worsen, to become worse
In a sentence
Non voglio aggravare il problema con altre bugie.
I don't want to make the problem worse with more lies.
Il giudice ha aggravato la pena per il reato.
The judge increased the sentence for the crime.
Con questo freddo, può aggravarsi la tosse?
With this cold weather, can the cough get worse?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| aggravare | infinitive |
| aggraviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggravo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggravate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggravi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aggravano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aggrava | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aggravavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| aggravavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aggravavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| aggravavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| aggravavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aggravava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aggravammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| aggravai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| aggravaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| aggravasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| aggravarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| aggravò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| aggraveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| aggraverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| aggraverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| aggraverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| aggraveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| aggraverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| aggraviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggravi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggraviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggravi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aggravino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aggravi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aggravassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| aggravassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aggravaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| aggravassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| aggravassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aggravasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aggraveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggraverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggravereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggraveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aggraverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aggraverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aggraviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| aggravate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| aggrava | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| aggravando | gerund |
| aggravato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more formal than peggiorare. Common in news, medicine, law, and official writing.
- Use transitive aggravare qualcosa and intransitive aggravarsi. For the intransitive, use essere in compound tenses: la situazione si è aggravata.
- Do not confuse with aumentare: aggravare means making something more serious, not just more numerous or larger.