Meaning
to scupper, to sink
- to scupper, torpedo, or bring down (a bill, plan, or initiative)
- to dig ditches in; to bury or push into a ditch
In a sentence
L'opposizione ha cercato di affossare la nuova riforma fiscale.
The opposition tried to scupper the new tax reform.
La mancanza di fondi ha definitivamente affossato l'iniziativa.
The lack of funds definitively sank the initiative.
Perché volete affossare un accordo così vantaggioso?
Why do you want to torpedo such an advantageous deal?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| affossare | infinitive |
| affosso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affossi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affossa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affossiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affossate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affossano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affossavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affossavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affossava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affossavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affossavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affossavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affossai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affossasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| affossò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affossammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| affossaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affossarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| affosserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affosserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affosserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affosseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affosserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affosseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affossi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affossi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affossi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affossiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affossiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affossino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affossassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affossassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affossasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affossassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affossaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affossassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affosserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affosseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affosserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affosseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affossereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affosserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affossa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affossiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affossate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affossando | gerund |
| affossato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Mainly used figuratively in political and journalistic contexts for sinking projects or laws.
- Regular -are verb conjugated with auxiliary 'avere'.