heypolyglot
Italian

sommare

/somˈma.re/verbB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 7,097

Meaning

to add up, sum

  • to calculate the sum of numbers; to add up
  • to combine or accumulate multiple elements

In a sentence

Se sommi tutti questi numeri, ottieni il totale esatto.

If you add up all these numbers, you get the exact total.

Tutto sommato, il progetto è andato molto meglio del previsto.

All things considered, the project went much better than expected.

Non possiamo sommare dati che provengono da fonti così diverse.

We cannot combine data coming from such different sources.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
sommareinfinitive
sommoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
sommiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
sommaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
sommiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
sommateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
sommanoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
sommavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
sommaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
sommavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
sommavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
sommavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
sommavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
sommaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
sommastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
sommòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
sommammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
sommasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
sommaronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
sommeròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
sommeraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
sommeràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
sommeremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
sommereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
sommerannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
sommisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
sommisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
sommisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
sommiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
sommiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
somminosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
sommassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
sommassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
sommassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
sommassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
sommastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
sommasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
sommereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
sommeresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
sommerebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
sommeremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
sommeresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
sommerebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
sommaimperative · singular · 2nd person
sommiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
sommateimperative · plural · 2nd person
sommandogerund
sommatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • The fixed expression 'tutto sommato' means 'all things considered' or 'on the whole'.
  • Regular -are verb; takes 'avere' in compound tenses.

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