Meaning
to pierce, pass through
- to pierce or penetrate through completely
- to cross beyond or pass through a space
- to pass away, die (literary or archaic)
In a sentence
La freccia ha trapassato il bersaglio da parte a parte.
The arrow pierced straight through the target.
Un raggio di sole trapassava le fitte nuvole del pomeriggio.
A beam of sunlight was piercing through the dense afternoon clouds.
Il freddo pungente sembrava trapassare perfino il cappotto pesante.
The biting cold seemed to pierce right through even the heavy coat.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| trapassare | infinitive |
| trapasso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| trapassi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trapassa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trapassiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| trapassate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trapassano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trapassavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trapassavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trapassava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trapassavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trapassavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trapassavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trapassai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| trapassasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| trapassò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| trapassammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| trapassaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| trapassarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| trapasserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| trapasserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| trapasserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| trapasseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| trapasserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| trapasseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| trapassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| trapassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trapassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trapassiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| trapassiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trapassino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trapassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trapassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trapassasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trapassassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trapassaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trapassassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trapasserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| trapasseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trapasserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trapasseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| trapassereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trapasserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trapassa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| trapassiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| trapassate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| trapassando | gerund |
| trapassato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- When meaning 'to pierce', it takes 'avere'; when meaning 'to die', it takes 'essere'.
- In modern usage, mostly transitive meaning 'to pierce through'.