Meaning
to break open, pick
- to force or pick open (a lock, safe, door, or window) unlawfully
In a sentence
I ladri hanno cercato di scassinare la porta blindata durante la notte.
The thieves tried to force open the reinforced door during the night.
Nessuno è riuscito a scassinare la cassaforte del negozio.
No one managed to break open the shop's safe.
Come hanno fatto a scassinare quella serratura senza fare alcun rumore?
How did they manage to pick that lock without making any noise?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scassinare | infinitive |
| scassino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scassini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scassina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scassiniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scassinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scassinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scassinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scassinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scassinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scassinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scassinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scassinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scassinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scassinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scassinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scassinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scassinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scassinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scassinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scassinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scassinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scassineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scassinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scassineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scassini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scassini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scassini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scassiniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| scassiniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scassinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scassinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scassinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scassinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scassinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scassinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scassinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scassinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| scassineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scassinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scassineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| scassinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scassinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scassina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| scassiniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| scassinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| scassinando | gerund |
| scassinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Implies unlawful forced entry or picking of locks/safes.
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.