Meaning
to sweep away
- to run over
- to overwhelm
In a sentence
La piena ha travolto il ponte in pochi minuti.
The flood swept away the bridge in a few minutes.
Ti ha quasi travolto quella macchina, stai bene?
That car almost ran you over, are you okay?
Non farti travolgere dallo stress del lavoro.
Don't let yourself be overwhelmed by work stress.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| travolgere | infinitive |
| travolgiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| travolgo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| travolgete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| travolgi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| travolgono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| travolge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| travolgevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| travolgevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| travolgevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| travolgevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| travolgevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| travolgeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| travolgemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| travolsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| travolgeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| travolgesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| travolsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| travolse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| travolgeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| travolgerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| travolgerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| travolgerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| travolgeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| travolgerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| travolgiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| travolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| travolgiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| travolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| travolgano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| travolga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| travolgessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| travolgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| travolgeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| travolgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| travolgessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| travolgesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| travolgeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| travolgerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| travolgereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| travolgeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| travolgerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| travolgerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| travolgiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| travolgete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| travolgi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| travolgendo | gerund |
| travolto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use travolgere for violent force or strong emotion; investire is more standard for a vehicle hitting someone.
- Very common in passive or reflexive-style phrasing: essere travolto da, sentirsi travolto da.
- Past participle is travolto. With essere, it agrees: è stata travolta dalle onde.
- past participle travolto