Significado
to scupper, to sink
- to scupper, torpedo, or bring down (a bill, plan, or initiative)
- to dig ditches in; to bury or push into a ditch
En una frase
L'opposizione ha cercato di affossare la nuova riforma fiscale.
The opposition tried to scupper the new tax reform.
La mancanza di fondi ha definitivamente affossato l'iniziativa.
The lack of funds definitively sank the initiative.
Perché volete affossare un accordo così vantaggioso?
Why do you want to torpedo such an advantageous deal?
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| affossare | infinitive |
| affosso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affossi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affossa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affossiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affossate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affossano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affossavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affossavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affossava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affossavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affossavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affossavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affossai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affossasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| affossò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affossammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| affossaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affossarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| affosserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affosserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affosserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affosseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affosserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affosseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affossi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affossi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affossi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affossiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affossiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affossino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affossassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affossassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affossasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affossassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affossaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affossassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affosserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affosseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affosserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affosseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affossereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affosserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affossa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affossiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affossate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affossando | gerund |
| affossato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Mainly used figuratively in political and journalistic contexts for sinking projects or laws.
- Regular -are verb conjugated with auxiliary 'avere'.