Meaning
to bury
- to bury, to inter
In a sentence
Hanno seppellito il cane in giardino ieri.
They buried the dog in the yard yesterday.
Dove vuoi seppellire questa scatola del tempo?
Where do you want to bury this time capsule?
Non seppellire i problemi, parlane con me.
Don't bury your problems, talk to me about them.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| seppellire | infinitive |
| seppelliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| seppellisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| seppellite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| seppellisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| seppelliscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| seppellisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| seppellivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| seppellivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| seppellivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| seppellivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| seppellivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| seppelliva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| seppellimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| seppellii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| seppelliste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| seppellisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| seppellirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| seppellì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| seppelliremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| seppellirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| seppellirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| seppellirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| seppelliranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| seppellirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| seppelliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| seppellisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| seppelliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| seppellisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| seppelliscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| seppellisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| seppellissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| seppellissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| seppelliste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| seppellissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| seppellissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| seppellisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| seppelliremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| seppellirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| seppellireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| seppelliresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| seppellirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| seppellirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| seppelliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| seppellite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| seppellisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| seppellendo | gerund |
| sepolto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use seppellire for putting a body in the ground. For cremation, use cremare; for generic funeral arrangements, use funerare less often.
- It also commonly means figuratively 'to overwhelm' or 'cover completely': seppellire di lavoro, di neve, di messaggi.
- It is a regular -ire verb: seppellisco, seppellisci, seppelliscono. Learners often wrongly form *sepelisco or miss the double p.
- past participle sepolto