Meaning
to put to sleep
- to lull, soothe to sleep
In a sentence
La mamma addormenta il bambino con una canzone.
The mother puts the baby to sleep with a song.
Hai addormentato il cane dopo la passeggiata?
Did you get the dog to sleep after the walk?
Non riesco ad addormentare mia figlia stasera.
I can't get my daughter to sleep tonight.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| addormentare | infinitive |
| addormentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| addormento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| addormentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| addormenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| addormentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| addormenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| addormentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| addormentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| addormentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| addormentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| addormentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| addormentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| addormentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| addormentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| addormentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| addormentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| addormentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| addormentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| addormenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| addormenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| addormenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| addormenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| addormenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| addormenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| addormentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| addormenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| addormentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| addormenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| addormentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| addormenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| addormentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| addormentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| addormentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| addormentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| addormentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| addormentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| addormenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| addormenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| addormentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| addormenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| addormenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| addormenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| addormentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| addormentate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| addormenta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| addormentando | gerund |
| addormentato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used reflexively: addormentarsi = to fall asleep. Don't confuse it with transitive addormentare, which takes a direct object.
- For babies, children, or someone else, addormentare is common; for yourself, use addormentarsi, not addormentare alone.
- In compound tenses, addormentarsi takes essere: si è addormentato/a. The transitive addormentare takes avere: ho addormentato il bambino.