Meaning
to peel
- to remove the skin from fruit or vegetables
- to strip off an outer layer
In a sentence
Sbuccio le patate per la cena.
I peel the potatoes for dinner.
Puoi sbucciare questa mela per me?
Can you peel this apple for me?
Non so sbucciare bene il mango.
I don't know how to peel a mango well.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sbucciare | infinitive |
| sbuccio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbucci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbuccia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbucciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbucciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbucciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sbucciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sbucciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sbuccerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sbuccerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sbuccerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sbuccerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbucci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbucciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbuccino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbucciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sbucciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sbucciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sbuccerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sbucceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sbuccerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sbucceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sbuccereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sbuccerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sbuccia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sbucciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sbucciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sbucciando | gerund |
| sbucciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually takes a direct object: sbucciare una mela.
- Not the same as pelare; sbucciare is especially common for fruit and vegetables.
- Reflexive sbucciarsi can mean to scrape your skin.