Meaning
to munch, nibble
- to eat crisp food with a crunching sound, to crunch on, munch, or nibble
In a sentence
Durante il film amo sgranocchiare popcorn caldi.
During the film I love munching on hot popcorn.
I bambini non dovrebbero sgranocchiare snack salati prima della cena.
Children should not nibble on salty snacks before dinner.
Che cosa stai sgranocchiando con così tanto gusto?
What are you munching on with such relish?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sgranocchiare | infinitive |
| sgranocchio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgranocchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgranocchiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sgranocchiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sgranocchierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sgranocchierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sgranocchieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sgranocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgranocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgranocchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgranocchiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgranocchierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgranocchieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgranocchieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgranocchia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sgranocchiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sgranocchiando | gerund |
| sgranocchiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with 'avere'. Almost always used for crunchy foods like chips, popcorn, or nuts.