Meaning
to sink
- to sink; to submerge
- to make sink; to plunge in
- to go under, founder
- to collapse, go broke
In a sentence
La barca è affondata vicino alla riva.
The boat sank near the shore.
Non affondare il coltello così tanto.
Don't push the knife in that far.
Perché affondi sempre i piedi nella sabbia?
Why do you always sink your feet into the sand?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| affondare | infinitive |
| affondiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affondo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affondate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affondi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affondano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affonda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affondavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affondavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affondavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affondavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affondavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affondava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affondammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| affondai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affondaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affondasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| affondarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| affondò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affonderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affonderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affonderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affonderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affonderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affonderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affondiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affondiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affondino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affondassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affondassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affondaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affondassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affondassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affondasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affonderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affonderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affondereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affonderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affonderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affonderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affondiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affondate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affonda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affondando | gerund |
| affondato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use affondare for ships, knives, roots, or prices metaphorically dropping hard; for simply going underwater, immergersi or andare a fondo may fit better.
- As an intransitive verb of movement/change, it usually takes essere in compound tenses: la nave è affondata.
- Transitive use takes avere: hanno affondato la barca. Learners often mix auxiliaries between transitive and intransitive uses.