Verbi sovrabbondanti in Italian
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Sign up for freeI verbi sovrabbondanti are a category of verbs that can be found in the Italian language.
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HideDefinition of verbi sovrabbondanti
I verbi sovrabbondanti are verbs that belong to two different conjugations.
There are two types of verbi sovrabbondanti:
- Verbs that have the same or similar meaning in both the conjugations they belong to
- Verbs that have a different meaning in the two conjugations they belong to
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Daniele C.
Valerio S.
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Mirko F.
Chiara D.
Eleonora A.
Riccardo B.
Claudia D.
NIKHIL D. 
Examples
- Devo starnutire (I need to sneeze)
- Devo starnutare (I need to sneeze)
- Ho imboscato il cellulare nella borsa (I hid the mobile phone in the bag)
- Il comune ha deciso di imboschire un terreno (The city hall decided to plant woods on a land)
In the first two examples the verbs starnutire and starnutare have similar meaning, while in the last two examples the verbs imboscare and imboschire have a different meaning.
List of verbs that maintain the same meaning
Here is a list of verbs that maintain the same meaning despite the conjugation change:
| First verb | Second verb |
|---|---|
| Adempiere (to fulfill) | Adempire (to fulfill) |
| Ammansare (to tame/calm down) | Ammansire (to tame/calm down) |
| Annerare (to blacken) | Annerire (to blacken) |
| Compiere (to accomplish/complete) | Compire (to accomplish/complete) |
| Dimagrare (to slim down/lose weight) | Dimagrire (to slim down/lose weight) |
| Empiere (to fill) | Empire (to fill) |
| Intorbidare (to muddy) | Intorbidire (to muddy) |
| Riempiere (to fill) | Riempire (to fill) |
| Starnutare (to sneeze) | Starnutire (to sneeze) |
List of verbs that have a different meaning
Here is a list of verbs that have different meaning based on the conjugation they belong to:
| First verb | Second verb |
|---|---|
| Abbrunare (to be in mourning/wear black mourning clothes) | Abbrunire (to become brown) |
| Arrossare (to make/paint something red) | Arrossire (to blush/become red) |
| Atterrare (to knock down/land) | Atterrire (to scare/frighten) |
| Fallare (to make a mistake) | Fallire (to fail) |
| Imboscare (to hide) | Imboschire (to plant woods) |
| Sfiorare (to touch lightly) | Sfiorire (to fade/wither) |
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Exercises
- Drag the correct verbo sovrabbondante to complete the sentences
- Choose whether the following statements are true or false
Drag the correct verbo sovrabbondante to complete the sentences
Choose whether the following statements are true or false
Exercises
- Drag the correct verbo sovrabbondante to complete the sentences
- Choose whether the following statements are true or false