Meaning
to collapse, to slump
- to cause to collapse or lose physical and moral strength
- (accasciarsi) to slump, sink down, or collapse from fatigue, illness, or shock
In a sentence
Sopraffatto dalla stanchezza, si è accasciato sul divano senza dire una parola.
Overwhelmed by fatigue, he slumped onto the sofa without saying a word.
L'atleta si è accasciato a terra subito dopo aver tagliato il traguardo.
The athlete collapsed to the ground right after crossing the finish line.
Temevamo che potesse accasciarsi per il caldo soffocante durante la marcia.
We feared that he might collapse from the stifling heat during the march.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| accasciare | infinitive |
| accascio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| accasci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accascia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accasciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| accasciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accasciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accasciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| accasciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accasciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accasciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accasciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accasciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accasciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| accasciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| accasciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| accasciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| accasciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| accasciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| accascerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| accascerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| accascerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| accasceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| accascerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| accasceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| accasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| accasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accasciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| accasciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accascino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accasciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| accasciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accasciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accasciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accasciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accasciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accascerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| accasceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accascerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accasceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| accascereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accascerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accascia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| accasciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| accasciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| accasciando | gerund |
| accasciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Almost universally used in the pronominal/reflexive form 'accasciarsi'.
- Takes 'essere' when reflexive ('si è accasciato').