soccombere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin succumbō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sokˈkom.be.re/
  • Rhymes: -ombere
  • Hyphenation: soc‧cóm‧be‧re

Verb

soccómbere (first-person singular present soccómbo, first-person singular past historic soccombétti or (traditional) soccombètti or soccombéi, past participle soccombùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to succumb, to give way [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

  • Treccani says that this verb is not used in the past participle or composed tenses but examples of soccombuto are common and easy to find. All use avere as an auxiliary (despite what Hoepli says).
    Conjugation of soccómbere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive soccómbere
auxiliary verb avére gerund soccombèndo
present participle soccombènte past participle soccombùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present soccómbo soccómbi soccómbe soccombiàmo soccombéte soccómbono
imperfect soccombévo soccombévi soccombéva soccombevàmo soccombevàte soccombévano
past historic soccombétti, soccombètti1, soccombéi soccombésti soccombétte, soccombètte1, soccombé soccombémmo soccombéste soccombéttero, soccombèttero1, soccombérono
future soccomberò soccomberài soccomberà soccomberémo soccomberéte soccomberànno
conditional soccomberèi soccomberésti soccomberèbbe, soccomberébbe soccomberémmo soccomberéste soccomberèbbero, soccomberébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present soccómba soccómba soccómba soccombiàmo soccombiàte soccómbano
imperfect soccombéssi soccombéssi soccombésse soccombéssimo soccombéste soccombéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
soccómbi soccómba soccombiàmo soccombéte soccómbano
negative imperative non soccómbere non soccómba non soccombiàmo non soccombéte non soccómbano

1Traditional.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • soccombere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • soccombere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)

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