Meaning
to correct
- to mark; grade
- to proofread
- to remedy; fix
In a sentence
Devo correggere questo testo prima di inviarlo.
I need to proofread this text before sending it.
Hai già corretto i compiti di matematica?
Have you already marked the math homework?
Non puoi correggere tutto in cinque minuti.
You can't fix everything in five minutes.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| correggere | infinitive |
| correggiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| correggo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| correggete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| correggi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| correggono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| corregge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| correggevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| correggevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| correggevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| correggevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| correggevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| correggeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| correggemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| corressi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| correggeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| correggesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| corressero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| corresse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| correggeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| correggerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| correggerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| correggerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| correggeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| correggerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| correggiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| corregga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| correggiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| corregga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| correggano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| corregga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| correggessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| correggessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| correggeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| correggessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| correggessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| correggesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| correggeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| correggerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| correggereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| correggeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| correggerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| correggerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| correggiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| correggete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| correggi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| correggendo | gerund |
| corretto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use correggere for fixing mistakes in writing, speech, or behavior; aggiustare is for repairing objects.
- For teachers grading papers, correggere is standard. Valutare is broader: to assess, not specifically mark errors.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho corretto il compito.
- past participle corretto