Meaning
to flow out, escape (of a gas or fluid)
- to manifest, to unleash (anger, hatred, one's temper, etc.)
- to vent, to manifest (e.g. of popular anger)
- to run its course (of a sickness)
In a sentence
Non sfogare la tua rabbia sugli altri.
Don't take your anger out on others.
Non sfogare la rabbia contro di me.
Don't take your anger out on me.
Ti sei sfogato dopo quella brutta giornata?
Did you let it out after that bad day?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sfogare | infinitive |
| sfoghiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfogo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfogate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfoghi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfogano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfoga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfogavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfogavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfogavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfogavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfogavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfogava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfogammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sfogai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sfogaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sfogasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sfogarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sfogò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sfogheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sfogherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sfogherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sfogherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sfogheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sfogherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sfoghiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfoghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfoghiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfoghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfoghino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfoghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfogassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfogassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfogaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfogassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfogassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfogasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfogheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfogherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfoghereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfogheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfogherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfogherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfoghiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sfogate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sfoga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sfogando | gerund |
| sfogato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Very often reflexive: sfogarsi means to vent or let off steam; non-reflexive sfogare usually takes an object: sfogare la rabbia.
- For emotions, prefer sfogare/sfogarsi over esprimere when the feeling is intense, uncontrolled, or released forcefully.
- With illnesses, sfogare is mostly literary or old-fashioned; in everyday Italian, symptoms usually passare or fare il loro corso.