Meaning
to smash, to wreck
- to smash, destroy, or break something to pieces
- reflexive (sfasciarsi): to fall apart, break down, or crumble
In a sentence
Ha sfasciato la macchina contro un albero durante il temporale.
He wrecked his car against a tree during the storm.
Se continui a tirare così, sfascerai il cassetto!
If you keep pulling like that, you'll break the drawer!
Quel vecchio divano si sta sfasciando giorno dopo giorno.
That old couch is falling apart day by day.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sfasciare | infinitive |
| sfascio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfasci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfascia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfasciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfasciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfasciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfasciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfasciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfasciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfasciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfasciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfasciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfasciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sfasciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sfasciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sfasciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sfasciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sfasciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sfascerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sfascerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sfascerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sfasceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sfascerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sfasceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sfasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfasciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfasciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfascino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfasciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfasciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfasciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfasciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfasciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfasciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfascerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfasceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfascerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfasceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfascereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfascerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfascia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sfasciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sfasciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sfasciando | gerund |
| sfasciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more forceful and colloquial than 'rompere' or 'distruggere'.