Meaning
dwell on; pause on
- to stop on a point for closer attention
- to dwell on a topic
- to hold or delay briefly
In a sentence
Il professore si sofferma su un punto importante.
The teacher dwells on an important point.
Puoi soffermarti su questo dettaglio?
Can you dwell on this detail?
Non voglio soffermarmi sugli errori.
I do not want to dwell on the mistakes.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| soffermare | infinitive |
| soffermo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| soffermi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sofferma | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| soffermiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| soffermate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| soffermavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| soffermavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| soffermava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| soffermavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| soffermavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| soffermai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| soffermasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| soffermò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| soffermammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| soffermaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| soffermerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| soffermerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| soffermerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| soffermeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| soffermerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| soffermi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| soffermi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| soffermi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| soffermiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| soffermiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| soffermassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| soffermassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| soffermasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| soffermassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| soffermaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| soffermerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| soffermeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| soffermerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| soffermeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| soffermereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sofferma | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| soffermiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| soffermate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| soffermando | gerund |
| soffermato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Very common as pronominal soffermarsi su qualcosa.
- Less common transitively: soffermare lo sguardo.
- Usually followed by su before a topic or detail.