Meaning
to corrupt, bribe
- to persuade someone to act dishonestly, often with money
- to morally damage or spoil someone or something
- to damage data or a file so it no longer works correctly
In a sentence
Hanno tentato di corrompere un impiegato pubblico.
They tried to bribe a public employee.
Un virus può corrompere questo file?
Can a virus corrupt this file?
Il denaro non deve corrompere i rapporti umani.
Money must not corrupt human relationships.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| corrompere | infinitive |
| corrompo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| corrompi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| corrompe | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| corrompiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| corrompete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| corrompono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| corrompevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| corrompevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| corrompeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| corrompevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| corrompevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| corrompevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| corruppi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| corrompesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| corruppe | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| corrompemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| corrompeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| corruppero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| corromperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| corromperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| corromperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| corromperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| corromperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| corromperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| corrompa | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| corrompa | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| corrompa | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| corrompiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| corrompiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| corrompano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| corrompessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| corrompessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| corrompesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| corrompessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| corrompeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| corrompessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| corromperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| corromperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| corromperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| corromperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| corrompereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| corromperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| corrompi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| corrompiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| corrompete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| corrompendo | gerund |
| corrotto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Common with persona, funzionario, sistema, file, dati.
- Can mean both bribery and moral corruption.
- Irregular past participle: corrotto.
- past participle corrotto