Meaning
to congest, to clog
- to make traffic or movement crowded and slow
- to overcrowd a place or system
In a sentence
I lavori congestionano il traffico del mattino.
The roadworks congest the morning traffic.
Questi autobus congestionano il centro?
Do these buses clog up the city center?
Le bici non congestionano le strade.
Bikes do not congest the roads.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| congestionare | infinitive |
| congestiono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| congestioni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| congestiona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| congestioniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| congestionate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| congestionano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| congestionavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| congestionavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| congestionava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| congestionavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| congestionavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| congestionavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| congestionai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| congestionasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| congestionò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| congestionammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| congestionaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| congestionarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| congestionerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| congestionerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| congestionerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| congestioneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| congestionerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| congestioneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| congestioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| congestioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| congestioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| congestioniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| congestioniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| congestionino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| congestionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| congestionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| congestionasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| congestionassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| congestionaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| congestionassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| congestionerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| congestioneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| congestionerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| congestioneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| congestionereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| congestionerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| congestiona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| congestioniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| congestionate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| congestionando | gerund |
| congestionato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used with traffic, roads, city centers, services.
- More formal than bloccare or intasare.
- Common in passive: il centro è congestionato.