Meaning
overload, overburden
- to put too much weight or too much of something on or into something
- to give someone or something too much work, pressure, or information
In a sentence
Non sovraccaricare la lavatrice con troppi vestiti.
Don't overload the washing machine with too many clothes.
Questo lavoro ti sta sovraccaricando?
Is this job overburdening you?
Non voglio sovraccaricare il programma della giornata.
I don't want to overload the day's schedule.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sovraccaricare | infinitive |
| sovraccarico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sovraccarichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccarica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sovraccarichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccaricate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sovraccaricavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccaricavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sovraccaricasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccaricaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sovraccaricherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccaricherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sovraccarichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sovraccarichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccarichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sovraccarichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccarichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccarichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sovraccaricassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccaricaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sovraccaricheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sovraccaricheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccarichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sovraccarica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sovraccarichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sovraccaricate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sovraccaricando | gerund |
| sovraccaricato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Used literally for vehicles, shelves, circuits; figuratively for people and schedules.
- Common pattern: sovraccaricare qualcuno di qualcosa.
- Reflexive si sovraccaricare is possible but less common than overloaded passive expressions.