sopraffare — Italian conjugation

to overwhelm

Frequency#979Regular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.

Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosopraffaccioI overwhelm
tusopraffaiyou overwhelm
lui/leisopraffàhe/she/it overwhelms
noisopraffacciamowe overwhelm
voisopraffateyou (pl.) overwhelm
lorosopraffannothey overwhelm

Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular

The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.

Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosopraffeciI overwhelmed
tusopraffacestiyou overwhelmed
lui/leisopraffecehe/she/it overwhelmed
noisopraffacemmowe overwhelmed
voisopraffacesteyou (pl.) overwhelmed
lorosopraffecerothey overwhelmed

Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular

The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.

Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.

PronounItalian
iosopraffacevo
tusopraffacevi
lui/leisopraffaceva
noisopraffacevamo
voisopraffacevate
lorosopraffacevano

Conditional (Condizionale) Regular

The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.

Potresti alzare un poco la voce?

PronounItalianEnglish
iosopraffareiI would overwhelm
tusopraffarestiyou would overwhelm
lui/leisopraffarebbehe/she/it would overwhelm
noisopraffaremmowe would overwhelm
voisopraffaresteyou (pl.) would overwhelm
lorosopraffarebberothey would overwhelm

Future (Futuro semplice) Regular

The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.

Domani partiremo all'alba.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosopraffaròI will overwhelm
tusopraffaraiyou will overwhelm
lui/leisopraffaràhe/she/it will overwhelm
noisopraffaremowe will overwhelm
voisopraffareteyou (pl.) will overwhelm
lorosopraffarannothey will overwhelm

Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular

The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.

Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho sopraffattoI have overwhelmed
tuhai sopraffattoyou have overwhelmed
lui/leiha sopraffattohe/she/it has overwhelmed
noiabbiamo sopraffattowe have overwhelmed
voiavete sopraffattoyou (pl.) have overwhelmed
lorohanno sopraffattothey have overwhelmed

Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular

The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.

Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo sopraffattoI had overwhelmed
tuavevi sopraffattoyou had overwhelmed
lui/leiaveva sopraffattohe/she/it had overwhelmed
noiavevamo sopraffattowe had overwhelmed
voiavevate sopraffattoyou (pl.) had overwhelmed
loroavevano sopraffattothey had overwhelmed

Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular

The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.

Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.

PronounItalian
ioavrei sopraffatto
tuavresti sopraffatto
lui/leiavrebbe sopraffatto
noiavremmo sopraffatto
voiavreste sopraffatto
loroavrebbero sopraffatto

Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular

The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.

Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò sopraffattoI will have overwhelmed
tuavrai sopraffattoyou will have overwhelmed
lui/leiavrà sopraffattohe/she/it will have overwhelmed
noiavremo sopraffattowe will have overwhelmed
voiavrete sopraffattoyou (pl.) will have overwhelmed
loroavranno sopraffattothey will have overwhelmed

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Regular

The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.

Penso che sia la scelta giusta.

PronounItalian
iosopraffaccia
tusopraffaccia
lui/leisopraffaccia
noisopraffacciamo
voisopraffacciate
lorosopraffacciano

Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular

The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.

Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.

PronounItalian
iosopraffacessi
tusopraffacessi
lui/leisopraffacesse
noisopraffacessimo
voisopraffaceste
lorosopraffacessero

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular

The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.

Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.

PronounItalian
tusopraffa'
lui/leisopraffaccia
noisopraffacciamo
voisopraffate
lorosopraffacciano

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.

Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.

PronounItalian
tunon sopraffare
lui/leinon sopraffaccia
noinon sopraffacciamo
voinon sopraffate
loronon sopraffacciano