Meaning
to slip, to slide
- to glide
- to slip away, to leave unnoticed
- to pass over (a topic) [with su]
In a sentence
Attento, il pavimento è bagnato e puoi scivolare.
Careful, the floor is wet and you could slip.
Mi è scivolato il telefono dalle mani.
My phone slipped out of my hands.
Sei scivolato via senza dire niente?
Did you slip away without saying anything?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scivolare | infinitive |
| scivoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scivolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scivolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scivoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scivolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scivola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scivolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scivolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scivolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scivolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scivolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scivolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scivolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scivolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scivolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scivolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scivolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scivolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scivoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scivolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scivolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scivolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scivoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scivolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scivoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| scivoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scivoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scivoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scivolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scivoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scivolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scivolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scivolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scivolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scivolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scivolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scivoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| scivolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| scivolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scivoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scivolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scivolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scivoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| scivolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| scivola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| scivolando | gerund |
| scivolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use essere in compound tenses for intransitive motion: è scivolato, sono scivolata. Use avere when something slips from your hands: ho scivolato il telefono is wrong.
- For physical slipping, scivolare is broader than slittare; slittare often suggests skidding or scheduled delays, not just losing footing.
- With su, it often means 'to skim over' a topic: scivolare su un argomento. Learners often wrongly use sopra here.