Meaning
inherit
- to receive money or property after someone's death
- to receive a quality or characteristic from a family member
In a sentence
Ha ereditato un appartamento dai nonni.
She inherited an apartment from her grandparents.
Pensi di ereditare qualcosa da tuo zio?
Do you think you will inherit anything from your uncle?
Non ha ereditato gli occhi della madre.
He did not inherit his mother's eyes.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ereditare | infinitive |
| eredito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| erediti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| eredita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ereditiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ereditate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ereditano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ereditavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ereditavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ereditava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ereditavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ereditavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ereditavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ereditai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ereditasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ereditò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ereditammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ereditaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ereditarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| erediterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| erediterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| erediterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| erediteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| erediterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| erediteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| erediti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| erediti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erediti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ereditiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ereditiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ereditino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ereditassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ereditassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ereditasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ereditassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ereditaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ereditassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| erediterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| erediteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erediterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| erediteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ereditereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| erediterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| eredita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ereditiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ereditate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ereditando | gerund |
| ereditato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho ereditato una casa.
- Can be literal or figurative: ereditare gli occhi del padre.
- Common pattern: ereditare qualcosa da qualcuno.