Meaning
to pick, to gather
- to grasp, to seize, to take
In a sentence
Vado a cogliere i pomodori in giardino.
I'm going to pick tomatoes in the garden.
Hai colto il senso della mia domanda?
Did you grasp the meaning of my question?
Non riesco a cogliere il momento giusto.
I can't seize the right moment.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cogliere | infinitive |
| cogliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| colgo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cogliete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cogli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| colgono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| coglie | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| coglievamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| coglievo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| coglievate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| coglievi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| coglievano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| coglieva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cogliemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| colsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| coglieste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cogliesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| colsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| colse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| coglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| coglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| coglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| coglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| coglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| coglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cogliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| colga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cogliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| colga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| colgano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| colga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cogliessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cogliessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| coglieste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cogliessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cogliessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cogliesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| coglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| coglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cogliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| coglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| coglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| coglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cogliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cogliete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cogli | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cogliendo | gerund |
| colto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'cogliere' for picking fruit/flowers, not 'prendere' (too generic).
- In figurative senses (e.g., 'grasp an idea'), 'afferrare' is more common than 'cogliere'.
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'ho colto').
- present: colgo, cogli, coglie, cogliamo, cogliete, colgono
- past participle colto