Meaning
to raise, to breed
- to breed or rear (animals)
- to bring up (children)
In a sentence
Mio zio alleva galline in campagna da anni.
My uncle has raised chickens in the countryside for years.
Non è facile allevare due figli da soli.
It isn't easy to bring up two children alone.
Hai mai allevato conigli nel tuo giardino?
Have you ever raised rabbits in your garden?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| allevare | infinitive |
| alleviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| allevo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| allevate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| allevi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| allevano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| alleva | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| allevavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| allevavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| allevavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| allevavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| allevavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| allevava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| allevammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| allevai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| allevaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| allevasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| allevarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| allevò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| alleveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| alleverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| alleverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| alleverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| alleveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| alleverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| alleviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| allevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| alleviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| allevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| allevino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| allevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| allevassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| allevassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| allevaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| allevassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| allevassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| allevasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| alleveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| alleverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| allevereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| alleveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| alleverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| alleverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| alleviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| allevate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| alleva | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| allevando | gerund |
| allevato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use allevare for animals; for raising children, crescere is more common in everyday speech, while allevare sounds more formal or old-fashioned.
- Not used for plants: say coltivare piante, not allevare piante.
- With avere in compound tenses: ho allevato cani. Regular -are verb; no special agreement unless used adjectivally.