Immersi

Immersi is an Italian term that functions both as a past participle form and as the masculine plural form of the adjective immerso. It derives from the verb immergere, meaning to dip, submerge, or immerse. In Italian, past participles used with the auxiliary essere agree in gender and number with the subject, so the form immersi appears for masculine plural subjects, while other forms such as immersi, immerse, immessa, and immersa are used for other gender-number combinations depending on the noun they modify.

Usage and grammar

As an adjective, immessi (masculine plural) or immerse (feminine plural) can describe someone or something that is submerged or deeply engaged. For example, in literal sense: objects or people can be immersed in water. In figurative use, the adjective can describe being absorbed or deeply involved in a task, thought, or environment, such as being immersed in work or in a narrative.

In verb phrases, the past participle of immergere is imm ers o; when used with essere in compound tenses, it must agree with the subject in gender and number (e.g., objects that are submerged in water would be described with the masculine plural form, while a feminine plural subject would take the feminine plural form).

Related terms

The noun form related to the verb is immersione, meaning the act or process of immersing. Other related expressions include phrases like essere immersi/con. Both literal and figurative uses are common in Italian, reflecting submersion in physical substances or immersion in ideas, tasks, or environments.

See also

Immergere, immersione, immersione subacquea, immischiare.