heypolyglot
Italian

schioccare

/skjokˈka.re/verbC2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 16,177

Meaning

to snap, crack, click

  • to make a sharp snapping or cracking noise, especially with fingers, a whip, or the tongue
  • to give or plant (a loud kiss)

In a sentence

Lui schiocca le dita per seguire il ritmo della musica.

He snaps his fingers to keep the beat of the music.

La nonna le ha schioccato un bacio sonoro sulla guancia.

Grandmother planted a loud kiss on her cheek.

Non schioccare la lingua mentre parli con me.

Don't click your tongue while talking to me.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
schioccareinfinitive
schioccoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
schiocchiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
schioccaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
schiocchiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
schioccateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
schioccanoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
schioccavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
schioccaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
schioccavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
schioccavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
schioccavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
schioccavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
schioccaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
schioccastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
schioccòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
schioccammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
schioccasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
schioccaronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
schioccheròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
schioccheraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
schioccheràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
schioccheremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
schiocchereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
schioccherannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
schiocchisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
schiocchisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
schiocchisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
schiocchiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
schiocchiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
schiocchinosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
schioccassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
schioccassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
schioccassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
schioccassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
schioccastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
schioccasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
schiocchereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
schioccheresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
schioccherebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
schioccheremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
schioccheresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
schioccherebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
schioccaimperative · singular · 2nd person
schiocchiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
schioccateimperative · plural · 2nd person
schioccandogerund
schioccatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Spelled with '-ch-' before '-i-' to maintain the hard /k/ sound ('schiocchi', 'schiocchiamo').

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