Meaning
disfigure; look bad
- to permanently mar or spoil the appearance or face of someone; to disfigure
- to make a bad impression, look out of place, or compare unfavourably (especially in 'non sfigurare')
In a sentence
L'incidente d'auto gli ha sfigurato una parte del volto.
The car accident disfigured part of his face.
Indossa questo vestito elegante e non sfigurerai di certo alla festa.
Wear this elegant dress and you certainly won't look out of place at the party.
La squadra giovanile non ha affatto sfigurato contro i campioni in carica.
The youth team certainly held their own against the defending champions.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sfigurare | infinitive |
| sfiguro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfiguri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfigura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfiguriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfigurate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfigurano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfiguravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfiguravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfigurava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfiguravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfiguravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfiguravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfigurai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sfigurasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sfigurò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sfigurammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sfiguraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sfigurarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sfigurerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sfigurerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sfigurerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sfigureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sfigurerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sfigureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sfiguri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfiguri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfiguri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfiguriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfiguriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfigurino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfigurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfigurassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfigurasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfigurassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfiguraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfigurassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfigurerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfigureresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfigurerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfigureremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfigurereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfigurerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfigura | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sfiguriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sfigurate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sfigurando | gerund |
| sfigurato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- The negative phrase 'non sfigurare' is very common, meaning 'to hold one's own' or 'to look respectable'.