Meaning
to pop out, appear
- to emerge suddenly or unexpectedly from an opening, corner, or hiding place
In a sentence
Un gatto nero è sbucato all'improvviso da dietro la porta.
A black cat suddenly popped out from behind the door.
Da dove sei sbucato? Non ti avevo proprio sentito arrivare.
Where did you pop up from? I didn't hear you come in at all.
Il sentiero sbuca direttamente sulla spiaggia.
The path comes out directly onto the beach.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sbucare | infinitive |
| sbuco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbuchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbuca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbuchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbucate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbucavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbucavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sbucasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sbucaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sbucherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sbucherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sbuchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbuchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbuchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbuchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbuchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbuchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbucassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbucaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbucheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbuchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbuca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sbuchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sbucate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucando | gerund |
| sbucato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Intransitive verb taking essere as auxiliary.
- Takes 'da' for where one emerges from: sbucare dall'angolo.