Meaning
to proliferate, multiply
- to increase rapidly in number or quantity
- to reproduce rapidly, especially of biological cells or organisms
In a sentence
Negli ultimi anni hanno proliferato le piattaforme di vendita online.
In recent years, online sales platforms have proliferated.
I batteri proliferano rapidamente in ambienti caldi e umidi.
Bacteria proliferate quickly in warm and humid environments.
Senza un controllo adeguato, le notizie false rischiano di proliferare ovunque.
Without proper control, fake news risks proliferating everywhere.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| proliferare | infinitive |
| prolifero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| proliferi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prolifera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| proliferiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| proliferate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| proliferano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| proliferavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| proliferavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| proliferava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| proliferavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| proliferavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| proliferavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| proliferai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| proliferasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| proliferò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| proliferammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| proliferaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| proliferarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| prolifererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| prolifererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| prolifererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| prolifereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| prolifererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| prolifereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| proliferi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| proliferi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| proliferi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| proliferiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| proliferiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| proliferino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| proliferassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| proliferassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| proliferasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| proliferassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| proliferaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| proliferassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| prolifererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| prolifereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| prolifererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| prolifereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| proliferereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prolifererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prolifera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| proliferiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| proliferate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| proliferando | gerund |
| proliferato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Intransitive verb taking 'avere' in compound tenses: 'ha proliferato'.