Meaning
to move, shift
- to move or budge something heavy or firmly fixed
- to stir up emotions or induce someone to take action
In a sentence
Quel masso è troppo pesante, non riusciamo a smuoverlo.
That rock is too heavy, we cannot budge it.
Le sue scuse non hanno smosso minimamente la mia opinione.
His apologies didn't budge my opinion in the slightest.
Hanno cercato di smuovere le acque per sbloccare la trattativa.
They tried to stir things up to unblock negotiations.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| smuovere | infinitive |
| smuovo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| smuovi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smuove | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smuoviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| smuovete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smuovono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smuovevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smuovevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smuoveva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smuovevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smuovevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smuovevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smossi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| smuovesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| smosse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| smuovemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| smuoveste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| smossero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| smuoverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| smuoverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| smuoverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| smuoveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| smuoverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| smuoveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| smuova | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| smuova | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smuova | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smuoviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| smuoviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smuovano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smuovessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smuovessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smuovesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smuovessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smuoveste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smuovessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smuoverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| smuoveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smuoverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smuoveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| smuovereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smuoverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smuovi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| smuoviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| smuovete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| smuovendo | gerund |
| smosso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Diphthong 'uo' is kept in root-stressed forms: 'smuovo', 'smuovi', but reduced to 'o' in 'smosso'.
- Irregular past participle: 'smosso'. Auxiliary is 'avere'.
- past participle smosso