aggiungete

Aggiungete is the second-person plural imperative form of the Italian verb aggiungere, meaning “you all add.” It is used to give a direct instruction to a group, for example in recipes or procedural texts: Aggiungete lo zucchero poco a poco.

The verb aggiungere belongs to the regular -ere class and has the standard present tense forms: io aggiungo, tu aggiungi, lui aggiunge, noi aggiungiamo, voi aggiungete, loro aggiungono. In the imperative mood, the voi form aggiungete is used without the subject pronoun to tell multiple people what to do. The related noun aggiunta denotes the act or result of adding.

Etymology traces aggiungere to the Latin ad iungere, meaning “to join to” or “to attach,” with the prefix ad- plus iungere evolving into the modern Italian aggiungere. The word carries the sense of attaching or incorporating one thing to another, which in everyday language becomes “to add.”

Usage notes: aggiungete appears most often in instructional, culinary, or technical contexts where a group is being directed to perform an addition step. While the imperative form is common in recipes, it can also appear in manuals, demonstrations, and collaborative tasks. In informal speech, speakers may omit the subject pronoun and rely on the imperative mood to convey the directive.

Examples: Aggiungete due cucchiai di olio e mescolate. Dopo aver mescolato, aggiungete il latte poco alla volta.