Meaning
to rise, to arise
- to rise (sun, moon)
- to arise, to emerge
In a sentence
Il sole sorge presto in estate.
The sun rises early in summer.
È sorto un problema con il computer.
A problem came up with the computer.
Quando sorge il sole domani?
When does the sun rise tomorrow?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sorgere | infinitive |
| sorgiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sorgo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sorgete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sorgi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sorgono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sorge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sorgevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sorgevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sorgevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sorgevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sorgevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sorgeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sorgemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sorsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sorgeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sorgesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sorsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sorse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sorgeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sorgerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sorgerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sorgerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sorgeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sorgerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sorgiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sorga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sorgiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sorga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sorgano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sorga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sorgessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sorgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sorgeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sorgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sorgessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sorgesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sorgeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sorgerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sorgereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sorgeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sorgerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sorgerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sorgiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sorgete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sorgi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sorgendo | gerund |
| sorto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use essere in compound tenses: il sole è sorto, sono sorti problemi. Past participle agrees with the subject.
- For the sun, sorgere is standard and literary-neutral; alzarsi is for people getting up, not sunrise.
- For problems or doubts, sorgere is common in formal and written Italian; nascere is often more general and conversational.
- past participle sorto