Meaning
to submerge, to swamp
- to cover completely with water or another liquid; to flood or submerge
- to overwhelm or swamp with a large quantity of things (e.g. work, requests, debt)
In a sentence
L'inondazione ha sommerso le strade del centro storico in pochi minuti.
The flood submerged the streets of the historic centre in just a few minutes.
In questo periodo sono completamente sommerso di impegni di lavoro.
At the moment I am completely swamped with work commitments.
I giornalisti lo hanno sommerso di domande durante la conferenza.
The journalists bombarded him with questions during the press conference.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sommergere | infinitive |
| sommergo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sommergi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sommerge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sommergete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sommergevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sommergevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sommersi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sommergesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sommerse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sommergeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sommersero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sommergerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sommergerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sommerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sommerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sommerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sommergiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sommergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sommergeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sommergeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sommergereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sommergete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergendo | gerund |
| sommerso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Irregular passato remoto ('sommersi') and past participle ('sommerso').
- Conjugated with 'avere' in transitive uses, but frequently found in passive constructions.
- past participle sommerso