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erigere

to erect

verb eh-REE-jeh-reh Rare
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Origin: From Latin erigere (to raise, to set upright), from e- + regere (to direct).

Also means

to raise

Usage Note

Erigere is a literary or formal verb used mainly for erecting monuments, buildings, or institutions: erigere una statua (to erect a statue). In everyday speech costruire (to build) is preferred. It follows the third-conjugation -ere pattern but has an irregular past participle: eretto. It takes avere as its auxiliary.

Examples

"Hanno eretto un monumento in onore dei caduti."

Natural Translation

They erected a monument in honor of the fallen.

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