Meaning
to displease, dissatisfy
- to fail to satisfy; to make unhappy or discontented
In a sentence
La nuova legge sui trasporti rischia di scontentare molti pendolari.
The new transport law risks displeasing many commuters.
Non voleva scontentare nessuno, ma alla fine ha dovuto prendere una decisione.
She didn't want to disappoint anyone, but in the end she had to make a decision.
Quel compromesso ha finito per scontentare entrambe le parti in causa.
That compromise ended up leaving both parties unsatisfied.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scontentare | infinitive |
| scontento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scontenti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scontenta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scontentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scontentate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scontentano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scontentavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scontentavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scontentava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scontentavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scontentavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scontentavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scontentai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scontentasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scontentò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scontentammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scontentaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scontentarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scontenterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scontenterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scontenterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scontenteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scontenterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scontenteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scontenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scontenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scontenti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scontentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| scontentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scontentino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scontentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scontentassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scontentasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scontentassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scontentaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scontentassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scontenterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| scontenteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scontenterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scontenteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| scontentereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scontenterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scontenta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| scontentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| scontentate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| scontentando | gerund |
| scontentato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere'. Antonym of 'accontentare' or 'contentare'.
- The negative prefix 's-' attaches to 'contentare'.