Meaning
to erupt; to belch
- To violently eject lava, ash, or gases (of a volcano).
- To belch or burp loudly (less common, formal or expressive).
In a sentence
Il vulcano ha iniziato a eruttare cenere all'alba.
The volcano began to erupt ash at dawn.
Gli scienziati temono che il cratere possa eruttare lava da un momento all'altro.
Scientists fear that the crater could erupt lava at any moment.
Durante la notte la montagna ha eruttato massi incandescenti.
During the night, the mountain erupted glowing boulders.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| eruttare | infinitive |
| erutto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| erutti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erutta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eruttiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| eruttate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| eruttano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| eruttavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| eruttavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| eruttava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| eruttavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| eruttavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| eruttavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| eruttai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| eruttasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| eruttò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| eruttammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| eruttaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| eruttarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| erutterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| erutterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| erutterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| erutteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| erutterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| erutteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| erutti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| erutti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erutti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| eruttiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| eruttiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| eruttino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| eruttassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| eruttassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| eruttasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| eruttassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| eruttaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| eruttassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| erutterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| erutteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| erutterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| erutteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| eruttereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| erutterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| erutta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| eruttiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| eruttate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| eruttando | gerund |
| eruttato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.
- When referring to volcanoes, it can be used transitively (ejecting material) or intransitively.