Meaning
to implode
- to collapse inward violently due to external pressure
- to fail or collapse suddenly from internal tensions or weaknesses (figurative)
In a sentence
Il sottomarino è imploso a causa dell'enorme pressione dell'acqua.
The submarine imploded due to the enormous water pressure.
Senza riforme urgenti, l'intero sistema economico rischia di implodere.
Without urgent reforms, the entire economic system risks imploding.
Il partito è imploso dopo lo scontro interno tra i suoi leader.
The party imploded after the internal clash between its leaders.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| implodere | infinitive |
| implodo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| implodi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| implode | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| implodiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| implodete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| implodono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| implodevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| implodevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| implodeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| implodevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| implodevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| implodevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| implosi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| implodesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| implose | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| implodemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| implodeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| implosero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| imploderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| imploderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| imploderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| imploderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| imploderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| imploderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| imploda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| imploda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imploda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| implodiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| implodiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| implodano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| implodessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| implodessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| implodesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| implodessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| implodeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| implodessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| imploderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| imploderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| imploderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| imploderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| implodereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| imploderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| implodi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| implodiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| implodete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| implodendo | gerund |
| imploso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Uses 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses: 'la struttura è implosa'.
- Has an irregular past participle: 'imploso'.
- past participle imploso