Meaning
to absorb, soak up
- to assimilate
- to take in
In a sentence
La spugna assorbe tutta l'acqua in pochi secondi.
The sponge absorbs all the water in a few seconds.
Hai assorbito bene quello che ti ho spiegato?
Did you take in well what I explained to you?
Non riesco ad assorbire tutte queste informazioni oggi.
I can't absorb all this information today.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| assorbire | infinitive |
| assorbiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| assorbo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| assorbite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| assorbi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assorbe | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| assorbivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| assorbivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| assorbivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| assorbivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| assorbiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| assorbimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| assorbii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| assorbiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| assorbisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| assorbì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| assorbiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| assorbirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| assorbirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| assorbirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| assorbirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| assorbiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| assorba | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| assorbiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| assorba | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assorba | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| assorbissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| assorbissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| assorbiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| assorbissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| assorbisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| assorbiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| assorbirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| assorbireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| assorbiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| assorbirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| assorbiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| assorbite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| assorbi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| assorbendo | gerund |
| assorbito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use assorbire for liquids, light, shock, costs, or attention. For learning ideas or culture, assimilare is often more specific.
- Often transitive: assorbire qualcosa. Reflexive assorbirsi means become fully engrossed, not absorb something.
- With people as object, it often means occupy completely: Il lavoro mi assorbe = work takes up all my energy/time.