Meaning
to tear, lacerate
- To tear roughly or deeply; to rip apart (fabric, flesh).
- To deeply distress or wound mentally or emotionally (figurative).
In a sentence
I rovi gli hanno lacerato la camicia durante la camminata nel bosco.
The brambles tore his shirt during the walk in the woods.
Un urlo improvviso lacerò il silenzio della notte.
A sudden scream tore through the silence of the night.
Il rimorso continuava a lacerare l'animo dell'uomo.
Remorse continued to tear at the man's soul.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| lacerare | infinitive |
| lacero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| laceri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| lacera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| laceriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| lacerate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| lacerano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| laceravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| laceravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| lacerava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| laceravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| laceravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| laceravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| lacerai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| lacerasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| lacerò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| lacerammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| laceraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| lacerarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| lacererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| lacererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| lacererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| lacereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| lacererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| lacereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| laceri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| laceri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| laceri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| laceriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| laceriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| lacerino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lacerassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| lacerassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| lacerasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| lacerassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| laceraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| lacerassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| lacererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| lacereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| lacererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| lacereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| lacerereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| lacererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| lacera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| laceriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| lacerate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| lacerando | gerund |
| lacerato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and violent than 'strappare' (to rip/tear).
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.