Meaning
to escape danger
- to escape or survive a danger, peril, or disaster
In a sentence
È scampato miracolosamente al grave incidente stradale.
He miraculously escaped the serious car accident.
Tutti i residenti sono riusciti a scampare al terribile incendio.
All residents managed to escape the terrible fire.
Non so come tu l'abbia scampata questa volta.
I don't know how you got out of it this time.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scampare | infinitive |
| scampo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scampi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scampa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scampiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scampate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scampano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scampavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scampavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scampava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scampavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scampavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scampavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scampai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scampasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scampò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scampammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scampaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scamparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scamperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scamperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scamperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scamperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scamperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scamperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scampi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scampi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scampi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scampiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
Usage notes
- When intransitive, it typically takes 'essere' ('è scampato al pericolo'). When transitive, it takes 'avere' ('ha scampato il pericolo').
- Colloquial: 'scamparla (bella)' = to have a narrow escape.