Significado
to cover up, to hush up
- to conceal, hush up, or deliberately stall an investigation or scandal (figurative)
- to run aground on sand or become buried under sand (literal)
Em uma frase
Hanno cercato di insabbiare il caso prima che la notizia trapelasse.
They tried to hush up the case before the news leaked.
Perché il comitato vuole insabbiare i risultati dell'audit interno?
Why does the committee want to cover up the results of the internal audit?
I documenti riservati non furono insabbiati e arrivarono ai giornalisti.
The confidential documents were not covered up and reached journalists.
Formas da palavra (48)
| Palavra | Formas da palavra |
|---|---|
| insabbiare | infinitive |
| insabbio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| insabbi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| insabbiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| insabbiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| insabbierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| insabbierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| insabbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| insabbiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| insabbieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| insabbieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| insabbia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| insabbiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| insabbiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| insabbiando | gerund |
| insabbiato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Mainly used figuratively in political and journalistic contexts.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.