Meaning
to smash down; to make it
- to smash down, to break through
- to make it, to achieve great success
- to wear out (shoes, clothes)
- to exceed, to go beyond
In a sentence
Hai sfondato la porta con una spinta.
You broke down the door with one push.
Non sfondare quelle scarpe nuove così presto.
Don't wear out those new shoes so soon.
Dopo anni di concerti nei piccoli locali, la band è riuscita a sfondare.
After years of concerts in small venues, the band managed to make it big.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sfondare | infinitive |
| sfondiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfondo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfondate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfondi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfondano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfonda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfondavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfondavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfondavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfondavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfondavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfondava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfondammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sfondai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sfondaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sfondasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sfondarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sfondò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sfonderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sfonderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sfonderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sfonderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sfonderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sfonderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sfondiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfondiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfondino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfondassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfondassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfondaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfondassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfondassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfondasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfonderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfonderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfondereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfonderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfonderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfonderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfondiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sfondate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sfonda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sfondando | gerund |
| sfondato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For physical force, sfondare is stronger than rompere: you smash through a barrier, not just break an object.
- Intransitive colloquial use often means becoming very successful: sfondare nel cinema, in musica. More informal than avere successo.
- With direct object, it usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha sfondato la porta. Reflexive sfondarsi means wear oneself out.