Meaning
arrive unexpectedly
- to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly
- to occur later and interrupt a situation
In a sentence
È sopraggiunto un problema durante il viaggio.
A problem came up during the trip.
Se sopraggiunge un imprevisto, mi chiami?
If something unexpected comes up, will you call me?
Non sono sopraggiunte altre difficoltà.
No other difficulties arose.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sopraggiungere | infinitive |
| sopraggiungo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sopraggiungi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiunge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sopraggiungevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sopraggiunsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sopraggiungesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiunse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiunsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sopraggiungerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sopraggiunga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sopraggiunga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiunga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sopraggiungessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sopraggiungeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sopraggiungi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sopraggiungete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sopraggiungendo | gerund |
| sopraggiunto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal than arrivare; common in news and written Italian.
- Often used for events: sopraggiungere un problema, un imprevisto.
- Usually takes auxiliary essere in compound tenses.
- past participle sopraggiunto