Meaning
to overturn, to flip
- to turn upside down physically; to flip
- to completely reverse or upend a situation, result, or opinion
In a sentence
Devi capovolgere la torta sul piatto quando si è raffreddata.
You must turn the cake upside down onto the plate once it has cooled.
La squadra è riuscita a capovolgere il risultato negli ultimi minuti.
The team managed to overturn the result in the final minutes.
Questa scoperta scientifica potrebbe capovolgere molte teorie consolidate.
This scientific discovery could overturn many established theories.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| capovolgere | infinitive |
| capovolgo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| capovolgi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| capovolgiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolgono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| capovolgevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| capovolgevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolgeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| capovolgevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolgevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| capovolsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| capovolgesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| capovolgemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| capovolgerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| capovolgerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolgerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| capovolgeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolgeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| capovolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| capovolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| capovolgiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolgano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| capovolgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| capovolgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolgesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| capovolgessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolgessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| capovolgerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| capovolgeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolgerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| capovolgeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolgerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| capovolgi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| capovolgiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| capovolgete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| capovolgendo | gerund |
| capovolto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Has an irregular past participle (capovolto) and remote past (capovolsi). Often used reflexively (capovolgersi) for 'to overturn' or 'to roll over'.
- past participle capovolto