Meaning
to cross
- to cross, to intersect
- to run into, to meet
- to cross (arms, fingers)
In a sentence
Ho incrociato Luca al supermercato ieri sera.
I ran into Luca at the supermarket last night.
Non incrociare le braccia, dai.
Don't fold your arms, come on.
Incrociamo le dita e speriamo che vada tutto bene.
Let's cross our fingers and hope everything goes well.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| incrociare | infinitive |
| incrociamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| incrocio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| incrociate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incroci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incrociano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incrocia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incrociavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incrociavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incrociavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incrociavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incrociavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incrociava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incrociammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| incrociai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| incrociaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| incrociasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| incrociarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| incrociò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| incroceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| incrocerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| incrocerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| incrocerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| incroceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| incrocerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| incrociamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| incroci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| incrociate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incroci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incrocino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incroci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incrociassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incrociassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incrociaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incrociassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incrociassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incrociasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incroceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| incrocerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| incrocereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incroceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incrocerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incrocerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incrociamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| incrociate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| incrocia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| incrociando | gerund |
| incrociato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For physically crossing paths or lines, incrociare is natural; for crossing a street, attraversare is usually better.
- To mean 'run into someone,' use incrociare often with per caso; incontrare is more neutral and intentional.
- With body parts, Italians commonly say incrociare le braccia or le gambe; don't translate English 'cross' with attraversare here.