Meaning
to drool, slobber
- To produce or emit saliva from the mouth.
- To drool over or crave something intensely (followed by 'dietro a' or 'per').
In a sentence
Il cane ha iniziato a sbavare non appena ha visto il cibo.
The dog started drooling as soon as it saw the food.
Tutti sbavano per il nuovo modello di smartphone appena uscito.
Everyone is drooling over the new smartphone model that just came out.
Non sbavare sulla coperta mentre dormi!
Don't drool on the blanket while you sleep!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sbavare | infinitive |
| sbavo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbavi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbava | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbaviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbavate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbavano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbavavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbavavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbavava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbavavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbavavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbavavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbavai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sbavasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sbavò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sbavammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sbavaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sbavarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sbaverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sbaverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sbaverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sbaveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sbaverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sbaveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sbavi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbavi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbavi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbaviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbaviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbavino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbavassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbavassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbavasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbavassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbavaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbavassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbaverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbaveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbaverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbaveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbavereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbaverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbava | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sbaviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sbavate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sbavando | gerund |
| sbavato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' as its auxiliary verb.
- The figurative sense 'sbavare dietro a qualcuno' is informal and means 'to fawn over someone'.