Meaning
to run into, to stumble upon
- to run into or encounter by chance something unpleasant (errors, obstacles, checks)
In a sentence
Siamo incappati in un controllo della polizia all'ingresso dell'autostrada.
We ran into a police checkpoint at the motorway entrance.
Non vorrei incappare negli stessi errori del passato.
I wouldn't want to stumble into the same mistakes as in the past.
È facile incappare in truffe su internet se non si presta attenzione.
It is easy to run into scams on the internet if one is not careful.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| incappare | infinitive |
| incappo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| incappi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incappa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incappiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| incappate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incappano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incappavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incappavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incappava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incappavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incappavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incappavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incappai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| incappasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| incappò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| incappammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| incappaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| incapparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| incapperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| incapperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| incapperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| incapperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| incapperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| incapperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| incappi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| incappi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incappi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incappiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| incappiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incappino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incappassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incappassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incappasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incappassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incappaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incappassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incapperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| incapperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incapperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incapperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| incappereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incapperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incappa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| incappiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| incappate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| incappando | gerund |
| incappato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Always intransitive, taking the preposition 'in' and auxiliary 'essere'.
- Carries an unfavorable nuance: you run into mistakes, debts, traps, or fines, not pleasant surprises.