rompere

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See also: romperé

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rumpō, rumpere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrom.pe.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ompere
  • Hyphenation: róm‧pe‧re

Verb

rómpere (first-person singular present rómpo, first-person singular past historic rùppi, past participle rótto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to break
  2. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) to screw with, to be a pain in the ass (shortening of rompere le palle or rompere i coglioni)
    Non la smetteva di rompere.
    He did not stop being a pain in the ass.
    Smettila di rompermi le palle!
    Stop being such a pain in the ass.
  3. (transitive) to break through (a crowd, a barrier, etc.)
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to overflow (of a river)
  5. (intransitive) to break (of the dawn)
  6. (intransitive) to erupt, to burst out (of words, tears, etc.)
    rompere in lacrime/singhiozzi ― to burst out in tears/sighs
  7. (reflexive) See rompersi.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rómpere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive rómpere
auxiliary verb avére gerund rompèndo
present participle rompènte past participle rótto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rómpo rómpi rómpe rompiàmo rompéte rómpono
imperfect rompévo rompévi rompéva rompevàmo rompevàte rompévano
past historic rùppi rompésti rùppe rompémmo rompéste rùppero
future romperò romperài romperà romperémo romperéte romperànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present romperèi romperésti romperèbbe, romperébbe romperémmo romperéste romperèbbero, romperébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rómpa rómpa rómpa rompiàmo rompiàte rómpano
imperfect rompéssi rompéssi rompésse rompéssimo rompéste rompéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rómpi rómpa rompiàmo rompéte rómpano
negative imperative non rómpere non rómpa non rompiàmo non rompéte non rómpano

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