Meaning
to fling, to throw out
- To throw, fling, or propel someone or something violently outward or downward.
- To jump or leap abruptly (intransitive, less common).
In a sentence
Il conducente è stato sbalzato fuori dall'auto durante l'urto.
The driver was thrown out of the car during the impact.
L'esplosione non ha sbalzato detriti fino alla strada?
Didn't the explosion fling debris all the way to the road?
La violenta frenata ha sbalzato tutti i passeggeri in avanti.
The sudden braking flung all the passengers forward.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sbalzare | infinitive |
| sbalzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbalzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbalziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbalzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbalzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbalzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbalzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbalzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbalzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sbalzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sbalzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sbalzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sbalzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sbalzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sbalzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sbalzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sbalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbalziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbalziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbalzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbalzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbalzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbalzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbalzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbalzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbalzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbalzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbalza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sbalziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sbalzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sbalzando | gerund |
| sbalzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Most frequently encountered in the passive or reflexive sense 'essere sbalzato' in reports of accidents.
- When transitive, it takes auxiliary 'avere'; intransitive uses of sudden motion usually take 'essere'.