Significado
to submerge, to swamp
- to cover completely with water or another liquid; to flood or submerge
- to overwhelm or swamp with a large quantity of things (e.g. work, requests, debt)
En una frase
L'inondazione ha sommerso le strade del centro storico in pochi minuti.
The flood submerged the streets of the historic centre in just a few minutes.
In questo periodo sono completamente sommerso di impegni di lavoro.
At the moment I am completely swamped with work commitments.
I giornalisti lo hanno sommerso di domande durante la conferenza.
The journalists bombarded him with questions during the press conference.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| sommergere | infinitive |
| sommergo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sommergi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sommerge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sommergete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sommergevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sommergevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sommersi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sommergesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sommerse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sommergeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sommersero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sommergerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sommergerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sommerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sommerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sommerga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sommergiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sommergessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sommergeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sommergeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sommergeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sommergereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sommergi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sommergiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sommergete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sommergendo | gerund |
| sommerso | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Irregular passato remoto ('sommersi') and past participle ('sommerso').
- Conjugated with 'avere' in transitive uses, but frequently found in passive constructions.
- past participle sommerso