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verb

incidere

carve

Definition & meaning

Incidere has several meanings:

  • To engrave or carve: to cut a design or words into a surface.
  • To cut or make an incision: especially in a medical or technical context.
  • To record: to record music or sound.
  • To affect or have an impact: to influence a result or situation.
  • To weigh on or account for: to represent a cost or proportion of a total.

Grammar & Word origin

A third-conjugation verb ending in -ere. In its physical and recording senses, it is usually transitive: it takes a direct object. In the sense “to affect,” it is usually intransitive and followed by su.

It comes from Latin incidere, “to cut into,” formed from in- (“into”) and caedere (“to cut”).

Synonyms & antonyms

  • intagliare — “to carve”; emphasizes shaping material by cutting.
  • registrare — “to record”; broader and more common than incidere for recording sound.
  • influire — “to influence”; close to incidere when describing an effect.
  • cancellare — “to erase”; can be an opposite when referring to an inscription or recording.

Common phrases & collocations

  • incidere una scritta — to engrave an inscription.
  • incidere un disco — to record an album or record.
  • incidere sul risultato — to affect the outcome.
  • incidere sui costi — to affect or contribute to costs.

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Examples

Io incido il mio nome sul legno.verb

I carve my name on the wood.

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