Nascono

Nascono is the third person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb nascere, meaning to be born or to come into existence. It is used to describe births as well as the emergence or origin of phenomena, ideas, or events. The verb nascere is intransitive, and nascono can refer to people, animals, or abstract developments that come into being.

Conjugation and usage notes: The infinitive is nascere. In the present tense, the forms are nasco, nasci, nasce, nasciamo, nascete, nascono. The form nascono agrees with a plural subject. While commonly used for births, nascono is also employed metaphorically to indicate the origin or development of something new.

Etymology and related terms: Nascono derives from Latin nasci, meaning to be born. It is related to nouns such as nascita (birth) and to adjectives describing emergence, like nascente (emerging).

Usage examples: I bambini nascono in inverno. (Children are born in winter.) Da questa scoperta nascono nuove opportunità. (From this discovery, new opportunities arise.) In figurative contexts, si dice che nascono problemi, indicating that problems arise or come into existence from a situation.

See also: nascita, nascere.