Meaning
to emerge, to surface
- to stand out
In a sentence
Il sottomarino è emerso improvvisamente dall'acqua.
The submarine suddenly surfaced from the water.
Non emerge nulla di nuovo dalla riunione.
Nothing new is coming out of the meeting.
Pensi che emerga presto la verità?
Do you think the truth will come out soon?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| emergere | infinitive |
| emergiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| emergo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| emergete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| emergi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| emergono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| emerge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| emergevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| emergevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| emergevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| emergevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| emergevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| emergeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| emergemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| emersi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| emergeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| emergesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| emersero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| emerse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| emergeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| emergerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| emergerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| emergerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| emergeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| emergerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| emergiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| emerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| emergiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| emerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| emergano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| emerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| emergessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| emergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| emergeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| emergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| emergessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| emergesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| emergeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| emergerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| emergereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| emergeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| emergerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| emergerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| emergiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| emergete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| emergi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| emergendo | gerund |
| emerso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used for facts, problems, or talents becoming clear: emergere is more formal than apparire and less physical than uscire.
- In compound tenses it takes essere: è emerso, sono emerse. Past participle agrees with the subject.
- Common in news, academic, and professional Italian: è emerso che... sounds natural for 'it emerged that...'.
- past participle emerso