Meaning
unhook, drop, cough up
- to detach or unhook something from a fastener
- to drop or release (a bomb or payload) from an aircraft
- informal: to pay or hand over money reluctantly
In a sentence
Devi sganciare la cintura prima di alzarti dal sedile.
You must unhook your belt before getting up from the seat.
Mio fratello non vuole mai sganciare un euro.
My brother never wants to cough up a single euro.
Come si sgancia questa parte della bicicletta?
How do you detach this part of the bicycle?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sganciare | infinitive |
| sgancio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sganci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgancia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sganciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sganciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sganciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sganciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sganciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sganciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sganciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sganciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sganciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sganciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sganciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sganciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sganciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sganciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sganciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sgancerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sgancerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sgancerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sganceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sgancerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sganceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sganci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sganci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sganci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sganciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sganciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgancino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sganciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sganciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sganciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sganciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sganciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sganciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgancerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sganceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgancerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sganceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgancereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgancerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgancia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sganciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sganciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sganciando | gerund |
| sganciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In colloquial speech, 'sganciare i soldi' means to shell out or cough up cash.