Meaning
to immerse, dip, plunge
In a sentence
Ho immerso i piedi nell'acqua fredda.
I dipped my feet in the cold water.
Puoi immergere il biscotto nel latte?
Can you dip the cookie in the milk?
Non immergere il telefono nell'acqua.
Don't immerse the phone in water.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| immergere | infinitive |
| immergiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| immergo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| immergete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immergi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immergono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immerge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immergevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| immergevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| immergevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| immergevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| immergevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| immergeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| immergemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| immersi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| immergeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| immergesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| immersero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| immerse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| immergeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| immergerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| immergerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| immergerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| immergeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| immergerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| immergiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| immerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| immergiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immergano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immergessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| immergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| immergeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| immergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| immergessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| immergesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| immergeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| immergerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| immergereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| immergeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| immergerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| immergerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| immergiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| immergete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| immergi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| immergendo | gerund |
| immerso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used reflexively: immergersi in un libro, nel lavoro, nell'acqua. For abstract contexts, Italian prefers the reflexive more than English does.
- For briefly putting something into liquid, tuffare or intingere may fit better. Immergere sounds more complete, deliberate, or technical.
- Past tense with reflexive takes essere: si è immerso/a. Non-reflexive transitive usually takes avere: ha immerso il panno nell'acqua.
- past participle immerso