Meaning
to increase, to raise, to augment, to boost
- to increase
- to go up, rise
- to turn up
In a sentence
Quest'anno i prezzi sono aumentati molto.
This year prices went up a lot.
Puoi aumentare un po' il volume?
Can you turn up the volume a bit?
Non voglio aumentare le spese questo mese.
I don't want to increase expenses this month.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| aumentare | infinitive |
| aumentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| aumento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| aumentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aumenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aumentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aumenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aumentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| aumentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aumentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| aumentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| aumentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aumentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aumentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| aumentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| aumentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| aumentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| aumentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| aumentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| aumenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| aumenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| aumenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| aumenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| aumenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| aumenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| aumentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| aumenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| aumentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aumenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aumentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aumenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aumentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| aumentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aumentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| aumentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| aumentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aumentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aumenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| aumenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| aumentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aumenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aumenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aumenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aumentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| aumentate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| aumenta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| aumentando | gerund |
| aumentato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'aumentare' for gradual or deliberate increases; 'salire' is more natural for sudden or automatic rises (e.g., prices, temperatures).
- Auxiliary is 'essere' in intransitive use (e.g., 'Il prezzo è aumentato'), 'avere' in transitive (e.g., 'Hanno aumentato il prezzo').
- Avoid literal translations of 'increase by X'—use 'aumentare di X' (e.g., 'aumentare di 10 euro').