Meaning
to break, shatter
- to violate or break (a rule, law, or promise)
- to shatter, smash into pieces (glass, dreams, waves)
In a sentence
Chi infrange le regole del gioco deve uscire.
Whoever breaks the rules of the game must leave.
Non voleva infrangere la promessa fatta a suo padre.
He didn't want to break the promise made to his father.
La sconfitta ha infranto i loro sogni di vittoria.
The defeat shattered their dreams of victory.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| infrangere | infinitive |
| infrango | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| infrangi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infrange | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infrangiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| infrangete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infrangono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infrangevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| infrangevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| infrangeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| infrangevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| infrangevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| infrangevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| infransi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| infrangesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| infranse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| infrangemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| infrangeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| infransero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| infrangerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| infrangerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| infrangerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| infrangeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| infrangerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| infrangeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| infranga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| infranga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infranga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infrangiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| infrangiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infrangano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infrangessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| infrangessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| infrangesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| infrangessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| infrangeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| infrangessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| infrangerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| infrangeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| infrangerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| infrangeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| infrangereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| infrangerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| infrangi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| infrangiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| infrangete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| infrangendo | gerund |
| infranto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Has an irregular past participle ('infranto') and past absolute ('infransi').
- Commonly used figuratively for breaking rules ('infrangere la legge') or dreams.
- past participle infranto