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sopraffare

to overwhelm

verb soh-prahf-FAH-reh Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

to overpower

Usage Note

Sopraffare conjugates like fare (its base verb): past participle sopraffatto, e.g. è stata sopraffatta dal dolore ('she was overwhelmed by grief'). It covers both physical overpowering and emotional overwhelm. The reflexive sopraffarsi takes essere; the plain transitive takes avere.

Examples

"Il dolore lo ha sopraffatto."

Natural Translation

The grief overwhelmed him.

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