Meaning
to scar, to deface
- to slash or leave a permanent scar, especially on someone's face
- to disfigure or vandalize a monument, artwork, or building
In a sentence
L'aggressore ha tentato di sfregiare la vittima con una lama affilata.
The attacker tried to slash the victim's face with a sharp blade.
I vandali hanno sfregiato la facciata della storica biblioteca cittadina.
The vandals defaced the facade of the historic city library.
Il duello gli aveva sfregiato la guancia sinistra in modo indelebile.
The duel had indelibly scarred his left cheek.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sfregiare | infinitive |
| sfregio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfregi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfregiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfregiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfregiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfregiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfregiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfregiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfregiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sfregiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sfregiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sfregiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sfregerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sfregerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sfregeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sfregerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sfregi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfregi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfregiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfregiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfregiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sfregiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sfregiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sfregiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sfregerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sfregeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sfregeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sfregereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sfregia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sfregiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sfregiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sfregiando | gerund |
| sfregiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Always takes 'avere' in compound tenses. Conveys intentional and severe disfigurement.