Meaning
take out; produce
- to take baked food out of the oven
- to produce quickly and in large quantity
- to bring out something new one after another
In a sentence
Il forno sforna pane caldo ogni mattina.
The oven turns out warm bread every morning.
Quando sforni la torta?
When are you taking the cake out of the oven?
Oggi non sforniamo biscotti.
Today we aren't taking any cookies out of the oven.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sfornare | infinitive |
| sforno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sforni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sforna | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sforniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfornate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfornano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfornavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfornavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfornava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfornavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfornavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfornavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfornai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sfornasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sfornò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sfornammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sfornaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sfornarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sfornerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sfornerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sfornerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sforneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sfornerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sforneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sforni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sforni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sforni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sforniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sforniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfornino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfornassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfornassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfornasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfornassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfornaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfornassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfornerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sforneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfornerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sforneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfornereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfornerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sforna | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sforniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sfornate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sfornando | gerund |
| sfornato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Literal meaning is culinary; figurative use is common in media and speech.
- Common with pizza, pane, dolci.
- Figuratively: sfornare idee, successi, modelli.