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sommare

to add up

verb sohm-MAH-reh Rare
Numbers & Measures Mathematics

Origin: Latin summare (summa, total)

Also means

to total

Usage Note

Sommare takes avere as its auxiliary. It means to add numbers together (somma i valori, add up the values) and in a broader sense to accumulate — sommando tutti i problemi (adding all the problems together). The noun la somma means a sum or an amount of money. It differs from aggiungere (to add/append something to something else).

Examples

"Somma questi tre numeri e dimmi il totale."

Natural Translation

Add up these three numbers and tell me the total.

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