Meaning
to fly over; skip
- To fly over a place, territory, or airspace.
- To gloss over or deliberately skip a sensitive topic or minor detail (figurative, with 'su').
In a sentence
L'aereo stava sorvolando le Alpi quando è iniziata la turbolenza.
The plane was flying over the Alps when the turbulence started.
Possiamo sorvolare su questa discussione e passare al prossimo punto?
Can we gloss over this discussion and move on to the next item?
Il professore ha deciso di sorvolare sugli errori meno gravi del compito.
The professor decided to overlook the minor mistakes in the assignment.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sorvolare | infinitive |
| sorvolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sorvoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sorvoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sorvolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sorvolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sorvolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sorvolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sorvolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sorvolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sorvolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sorvolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sorvolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sorvolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sorvolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sorvoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sorvolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sorvoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sorvoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sorvoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sorvoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sorvolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sorvolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sorvolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sorvolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sorvolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sorvoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sorvoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sorvolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sorvola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sorvoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sorvolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sorvolando | gerund |
| sorvolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In figurative sense ('to skip over'), takes the preposition 'su': 'sorvolare su qualcosa'.
- Literal sense is transitive: 'sorvolare le Alpi'.