sommergere
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin submergere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sommèrgere (first-person singular present sommèrgo, first-person singular past historic sommèrsi, past participle sommèrso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to submerge, to sink
- (figurative) to engulf, to overwhelm
- (figurative) to extinguish, to erase
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sommèrgere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)