Meaning
to cover up, to hush up
- to conceal, hush up, or deliberately stall an investigation or scandal (figurative)
- to run aground on sand or become buried under sand (literal)
In a sentence
Hanno cercato di insabbiare il caso prima che la notizia trapelasse.
They tried to hush up the case before the news leaked.
Perché il comitato vuole insabbiare i risultati dell'audit interno?
Why does the committee want to cover up the results of the internal audit?
I documenti riservati non furono insabbiati e arrivarono ai giornalisti.
The confidential documents were not covered up and reached journalists.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| insabbiare | infinitive |
| insabbio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| insabbi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| insabbiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| insabbiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| insabbierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| insabbierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| insabbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| insabbiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| insabbieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiando | gerund |
| insabbiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Mainly used figuratively in political and journalistic contexts.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.