Meaning
to erect, to build
- to erect, to build, to raise
In a sentence
Hanno eretto un nuovo ponte vicino al parco.
They built a new bridge near the park.
Perché vuoi erigere un muro qui?
Why do you want to build a wall here?
Hanno deciso di erigere un monumento in piazza.
They decided to erect a monument in the square.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| erigere | infinitive |
| erigiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| erigo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| erigete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| erigi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erigono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| erige | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| erigevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| erigevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| erigevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| erigevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| erigevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| erigeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| erigemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| eressi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| erigeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| erigesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| eressero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| eresse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| erigeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| erigerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| erigerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| erigerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| erigeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| erigerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| erigiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| eriga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| erigiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| eriga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erigano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| eriga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| erigessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| erigessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| erigeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| erigessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| erigessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| erigesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| erigeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| erigerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| erigereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| erigeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erigerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| erigerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| erigiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| erigete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| erigi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| erigendo | gerund |
| eretto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal/literary. In everyday speech, Italians usually prefer costruire, alzare, or montare depending on the object.
- Most often used for buildings, monuments, barriers, or abstract things like 'erigere a simbolo.' It sounds odd for small everyday objects.
- Conjugates with avere in compound tenses: ha eretto, non essere.
- past participle eretto