Meaning
everywhere, all over the place
In a sentence
Ho cercato le chiavi dappertutto, ma non le trovo.
I looked for the keys everywhere, but I can't find them.
Perché lasci i tuoi vestiti dappertutto in casa?
Why do you leave your clothes all over the house?
Ci sono libri dappertutto in camera.
There are books everywhere in the room.
Usage notes
- More common in speech than ovunque; both mean much the same, but dappertutto often feels more concrete or physical.
- Use it without a preposition: Cercavo dappertutto, not cercavo in dappertutto.
- It usually goes after the verb: c'è polvere dappertutto. Before the verb is possible for emphasis, but less neutral.