What does sommerso in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word sommerso in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use sommerso in Italian.
The word sommerso in Italian means submerged, swamped, buried, overwhelmed, black, hidden, underground, unofficial economy, underground economy, submerge, submerge, immerse, black market labour, undeclared labour, undeclared work. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word sommerso
submergedaggettivo (ricoperto da un liquido) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") La terre sommerse dall'inondazione sono state bonificate e restituite all'agricoltura. The lands that had been submerged in the flood were cleaned up and cultivated again. |
swamped, buried, overwhelmedaggettivo (figurato (oppresso, oberato, carico) (figurative) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Mario è sommerso di lavoro. Mario is swamped with work. |
black, hidden, undergroundaggettivo (figurato, informale (di attività che che sfugge al fisco) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") In alcune regioni le attività sommerse superano quelle legali. In some regions there are more underground businesses than legal ones. |
unofficial economy, underground economysostantivo maschile (figurato, informale (attività che che sfugge al fisco) (financial) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) In Italia c'è una grande quantità di sommerso. There is an enormous amount of underground economy in Italy. |
submergeverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (ricoprire di acqua) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Il fiume ha sommerso il piccolo villaggio. |
submerge, immerseverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (circondare ovunque) (figurative) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Il povero Franco era sommerso dai debiti. Poor Franco was under a pile of debt. |
black market labour, undeclared labour, undeclared work
(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
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