sprofondare
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spro.fonˈda.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spro‧fon‧dà‧re
Verb
sprofondàre (first-person singular present sprofóndo, first-person singular past historic sprofondài, past participle sprofondàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to plunge, to sink, to cause to crash down
- (intransitive) to collapse [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to subside, settle [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, nautical) to sink (of a ship) [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of sprofondàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.