Meaning
to raise
- to erect
In a sentence
Hanno innalzato un muro nel giardino.
They erected a wall in the garden.
Il governo ha deciso di innalzare il livello di allerta.
The government decided to raise the alert level.
Le forti piogge hanno innalzato il livello del fiume.
The heavy rains raised the river's water level.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| innalzare | infinitive |
| innalziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| innalzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| innalzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| innalzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| innalza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| innalzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| innalzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| innalzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| innalzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| innalzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| innalzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| innalzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| innalzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| innalzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| innalzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| innalzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| innalzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| innalzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| innalzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| innalzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| innalziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| innalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| innalziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| innalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| innalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| innalzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| innalzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| innalzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| innalzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| innalzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| innalzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| innalzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| innalzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| innalzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| innalzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| innalziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| innalzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| innalza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| innalzando | gerund |
| innalzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal/literary than alzare. Common in writing, news, politics, and technical contexts.
- Often used figuratively: innalzare barriere, prezzi, livello, preghiere. For physically lifting something by hand, alzare is usually more natural.
- As a transitive verb it takes avere: ha innalzato un muro. Reflexive innalzarsi takes essere: il fumo si è innalzato.