Meaning
to fracture, break
- to break or crack a bone
- to rupture or split an object, group, or alliance
In a sentence
La caduta sulle scale gli ha fratturato la clavicola.
The fall on the stairs fractured his collarbone.
Ti sei fratturato il polso durante la partita di calcio?
Did you break your wrist during the soccer game?
Quella divergenza di opinioni rischia di fratturare il partito.
That divergence of opinions risks fracturing the party.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fratturare | infinitive |
| fratturo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fratturi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| frattura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fratturiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fratturate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fratturano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fratturavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fratturavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fratturava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fratturavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fratturavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fratturavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fratturai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fratturasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fratturò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fratturammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fratturaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fratturarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fratturerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fratturerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fratturerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| frattureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fratturerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| frattureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fratturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fratturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fratturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fratturiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fratturiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fratturino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fratturassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fratturassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fratturasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fratturassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fratturaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fratturassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fratturerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| frattureresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fratturerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| frattureremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fratturereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fratturerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| frattura | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fratturiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fratturate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fratturando | gerund |
| fratturato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used reflexively ('fratturarsi un braccio') to mean 'to break one's arm'.
- More formal and medical than 'rompere'.