rompere

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 [auxiliary avere]
2. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) to screw with, to be a pain in the ass (shortening of rompere le palle or rompere i coglioni) [auxiliary avere]

   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) [auxiliary avere]
5. (intransitive) to break (of the dawn) [auxiliary avere]
6. (intransitive) to erupt, to burst out (of words, tears, etc.) [auxiliary avere]

   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

Derived terms

• rompitore

Related terms

• corrompere
• rotto
• rottura

Anagrams

• premerò, promere