cresciuti

Cresciuti is the masculine plural past participle of the Italian verb crescere, meaning to grow. The corresponding forms are cresciuto (masc. singular), cresciuti (masc./mixed plural), cresciuta (fem. singular), and cresciute (fem. plural). As an adjective, cresciuti describes something that has grown or someone who has reached maturity; it agrees with the noun it modifies, as in ragazzi cresciuti or persone cresciute. As a noun, i cresciuti can refer to adults or grown-ups, particularly in older or literary usage.

In usage, cresciuti appears in phrases such as i ragazzi cresciuti in campagna or sono cresciuti molto negli ultimi anni. In grammar, the participle can participate in compound tenses with essere, meaning they have grown: sono cresciuti. With avere, the participle may agree with a preceding direct object, for example li ho cresciuti (I have raised them), depending on sentence structure. The term derives from crescere, itself from Latin crescere, “to grow.”

Cresciuti is not the name of a founded place or institution in standard references; it is a common Italian word used across literature and daily speech. It should not be confused with related forms such as crescita (growth) or cresciuto (singular).