Meaning
to slog, to slave away
- to work very hard, especially doing tiring, tedious, or unrewarding work
- to slog or grind through intense study
In a sentence
Ho sgobbato tutto il fine settimana per finire questo progetto.
I slaved away all weekend to finish this project.
Perché devi sgobbare così tanto se lo stipendio è basso?
Why do you have to slog so hard if the pay is low?
Non voglio sgobbare dieci ore al giorno per quell'azienda.
I don't want to slave away ten hours a day for that company.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sgobbare | infinitive |
| sgobbo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgobbi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobba | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgobbiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgobbate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobbano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgobbavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgobbavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobbava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgobbavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgobbavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobbavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgobbai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sgobbasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobbò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sgobbammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sgobbaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobbarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sgobberò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sgobberai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobberà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sgobberemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sgobberete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobberanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sgobbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgobbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgobbiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgobbiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobbino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgobbassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgobbassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobbasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgobbassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgobbaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobbassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgobberei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgobberesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobberebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgobberemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgobbereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobberebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgobba | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sgobbiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sgobbate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sgobbando | gerund |
| sgobbato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: common in spoken Italian to describe working or studying exhaustingly hard.
- Takes the auxiliary avere in compound tenses.