Meaning
to get high, unpack
- (reflexive, informal) to get high, stoned, or excessively intoxicated
- (informal) to throw off or disrupt calculations or plans
- (transitive) to unpack or unwrap goods from bales or packaging
In a sentence
Molti ragazzi vanno a quella festa solo per sballarsi con gli amici.
Many kids go to that party just to get high with friends.
Una spesa imprevista ha rischiato di sballare completamente il nostro budget mensile.
An unexpected expense risked completely throwing off our monthly budget.
Abbiamo passato tutto il pomeriggio a sballare gli scatoloni del trasloco.
We spent the whole afternoon unpacking the moving boxes.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sballare | infinitive |
| sballo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sballi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sballa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sballiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sballate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sballano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sballavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sballavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sballava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sballavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sballavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sballavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sballai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sballasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sballò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sballammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sballaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sballarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sballerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sballerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sballerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sballeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sballerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sballeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sballi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sballi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sballi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sballiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sballiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sballino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sballassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sballassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sballasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sballassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sballaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sballassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sballerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sballeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sballerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sballeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sballereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sballerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sballa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sballiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sballate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sballando | gerund |
| sballato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: primarily used in youth slang reflexively ('sballarsi') meaning to get high or party wild.
- The past participle 'sballato' frequently serves as an adjective meaning crazy, mistaken, or messed up.