Meaning
smash, shatter
- to break violently into pieces with loud noise; smash, shatter
- (reflexive: fracassarsi) to crash or get smashed to pieces
In a sentence
La tempesta ha fracassato i rami degli alberi in giardino.
The storm smashed the tree branches in the garden.
Il vaso è caduto dalla finestra e si è fracassato sul marciapiede.
The vase fell from the window and shattered on the pavement.
Attento a non fracassare quei piatti preziosi mentre sparecchi.
Be careful not to smash those precious plates while clearing the table.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fracassare | infinitive |
| fracasso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fracassi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fracassa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fracassiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fracassate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fracassano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fracassavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fracassavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fracassava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fracassavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fracassavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fracassavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fracassai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fracassasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fracassò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fracassammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fracassaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fracassarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fracasserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fracasserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fracasserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fracasseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fracasserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fracasseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fracassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fracassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fracassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fracassiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fracassiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fracassino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fracassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fracassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fracassasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fracassassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fracassaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fracassassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fracasserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fracasseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fracasserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fracasseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fracassereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fracasserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fracassa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fracassiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fracassate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fracassando | gerund |
| fracassato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Conveys both violent breakage and intense noise (connected to 'fracasso', loud noise).
- Takes 'avere' in transitive use, 'essere' in the reflexive 'fracassarsi'.