Meaning
dampen, tone down
- to tone down, soften, or dampen (emotions, tones, lights, sounds)
- to extinguish or dim gradually
In a sentence
La sua battuta ha aiutato a smorzare la tensione nella stanza.
His joke helped tone down the tension in the room.
Non volevo smorzare il tuo entusiasmo per il nuovo progetto.
I didn't mean to dampen your enthusiasm for the new project.
Dovremmo smorzare le luci per creare un'atmosfera più rilassante.
We should dim the lights to create a more relaxing atmosphere.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| smorzare | infinitive |
| smorzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| smorzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smorza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smorziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| smorzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smorzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smorzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smorzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smorzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smorzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smorzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| smorzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| smorzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| smorzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| smorzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| smorzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| smorzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| smorzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| smorzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| smorzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| smorzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| smorzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smorzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smorziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| smorziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smorzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smorzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smorzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smorzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smorzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smorzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| smorzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smorzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smorzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| smorzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smorza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| smorziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| smorzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| smorzando | gerund |
| smorzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used metaphorically with enthusiasm, anger, or controversy ('smorzare i toni').