piombare
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjomˈba.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: piom‧bà‧re
Verb
piombàre (first-person singular present piómbo, first-person singular past historic piombài, past participle piombàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (intransitive) (+su, contro, or addosso a) to pounce (on); to swoop (down) (on) [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to fall precipitously [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: precipitare
- (intransitive) to arrive unexpectedly; to turn up [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: sopraggiungere
- (transitive) to seal (originally with lead)
- Synonym: (more common) impiombare
- (transitive) to fill (teeth)
- Synonym: (more common) impiombare
- (intransitive) to befall [auxiliary essere]
- ci è piombata addosso una disgrazia
- a disgrace befell us
- (transitive, uncommon) to drop violently, to throw down
- (transitive, figurative) to plunge (e.g. into chaos)
Conjugation
Conjugation of piombàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.