Meaning
to jam, clog
- (usually reflexive 'incepparsi') to jam, stall, or cease functioning smoothly
- to hinder, obstruct, or impede a process or mechanism
In a sentence
La stampante si è inceppata proprio mentre stampavo il contratto.
The printer jammed right while I was printing the contract.
Un piccolo errore burocratico ha inceppato l'intero processo di approvazione.
A small bureaucratic mistake clogged the entire approval process.
Perché il meccanismo della serratura continua a incepparsi?
Why does the lock mechanism keep jamming?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inceppare | infinitive |
| inceppo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inceppi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inceppa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inceppiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| inceppate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inceppano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inceppavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inceppavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inceppava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inceppavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inceppavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inceppavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inceppai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| inceppasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| inceppò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| inceppammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| inceppaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| incepparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| incepperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| incepperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| incepperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| incepperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| incepperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| incepperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inceppi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inceppi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inceppi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inceppiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| inceppiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inceppino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inceppassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inceppassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inceppasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inceppassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inceppaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inceppassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incepperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| incepperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incepperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incepperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| inceppereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incepperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inceppa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| inceppiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| inceppate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| inceppando | gerund |
| inceppato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Most frequently used in the reflexive/pronominal form 'incepparsi' (e.g., 'la stampante si è inceppata').