incidiamo

Incidiamo is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb incidere. The core sense of incidere is to engrave or carve into a surface, such as metal, stone, or wood. It can also mean to press, stamp, or inscribe onto a medium, for example to imprint a design on a coin or a disc. In contemporary usage, incidere is widely used in the context of recording, where incidere a track or an album means to record it in a studio or otherwise produce a recording.

The verb can be used metaphorically to indicate that something leaves a lasting imprint, such as a memory or a significant event: “un evento che incide nella memoria.” The standard present tense forms are: io incido, tu incidi, lui/lei incide, noi incidiamo, voi incidete, loro incidono. The past participle is inciso, used with auxiliary avere in compound tenses (ho inciso, hai inciso, abbiamo inciso, etc.).

Etymology: incidere derives from Latin incidere, meaning “to cut into” or “to strike against,” formed from the prefix in- plus caedere (to cut). The word has historically preserved both the physical sense of cutting or engraving and the figurative sense of imprinting or recording.

See also discussions of engraving, coinage, and audio recording where the term appears. In Italian, incidere remains a versatile verb used across crafts, arts, and media to denote making a lasting mark, whether tangible or auditory.