Significado
to build, erect
- to edify

En una frase
Vogliono edificare una casa vicino al lago.
They want to build a house near the lake.
Su quel terreno hanno edificato una nuova scuola.
They built a new school on that plot of land.
Le sue parole non edificano nessuno oggi.
His words don't uplift anyone today.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| edificare | infinitive |
| edifichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| edifico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| edificate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| edifichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| edificano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| edifica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| edificavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| edificavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| edificavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| edificavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| edificavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| edificava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| edificammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| edificai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| edificaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| edificasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| edificarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| edificò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| edificheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| edificherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| edificherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| edificherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| edificheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| edificherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| edifichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| edifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| edifichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| edifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| edifichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| edifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| edificassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| edificassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| edificaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| edificassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| edificassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| edificasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| edificheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| edificherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| edifichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| edificheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| edificherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| edificherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| edifichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| edificate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| edifica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| edificando | gerund |
| edificato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- More formal than costruire; common in writing, bureaucracy, architecture, and religion. In everyday speech, Italians often prefer costruire.
- For moral or spiritual improvement, use edificare qualcuno. This sense is literary or religious, not common in casual conversation.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha edificato una casa. Passive is common in technical contexts: è stato edificato nel 1950.