heypolyglot
Italian

inzuppare

/in.tsupˈpa.re/verbB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 9,615

Meaning

to dunk, soak

  • to dip food into a liquid (e.g. biscuits in milk)
  • to soak or drench something or someone completely

In a sentence

Inzuppo sempre i biscotti nel latte caldo la mattina.

I always dunk biscuits into warm milk in the morning.

Ti sei inzuppato le scarpe camminando sotto il temporale?

Did you get your shoes soaked walking in the thunderstorm?

Non inzuppare troppo il pane nel sugo o si romperà.

Don't soak the bread too much in the sauce or it will break.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
inzuppareinfinitive
inzuppoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
inzuppiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
inzuppaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
inzuppiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
inzuppateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
inzuppanoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
inzuppavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
inzuppaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
inzuppavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
inzuppavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
inzuppavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
inzuppavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
inzuppaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
inzuppastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
inzuppòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
inzuppammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
inzuppasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
inzupparonoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
inzupperòindicative · future · singular · 1st person
inzupperaiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
inzupperàindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
inzupperemoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
inzuppereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
inzupperannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
inzuppisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
inzuppisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
inzuppisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
inzuppiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
inzuppiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
inzuppinosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
inzuppassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
inzuppassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
inzuppassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
inzuppassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
inzuppastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
inzuppasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
inzuppereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
inzupperesticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
inzupperebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
inzupperemmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
inzupperesteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
inzupperebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
inzuppaimperative · singular · 2nd person
inzuppiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
inzuppateimperative · plural · 2nd person
inzuppandogerund
inzuppatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Often used reflexively ('inzupparsi') with the meaning 'to get drenched or soaked' (e.g. in the rain).

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