Meaning
to crumble, to shatter
- To break something into small fragments or powder.
- Reflexively (sgretolarsi), to crumble, disintegrate, or fall apart.
In a sentence
Il vecchio muro di pietra si è sgretolato dopo le forti piogge.
The old stone wall crumbled after the heavy rains.
Con il tempo, tutte le sue certezze hanno iniziato a sgretolarsi.
Over time, all his certainties began to fall apart.
Il cuoco ha sgretolato il biscotto per decorare la torta.
The cook crumbled the biscuit to decorate the cake.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sgretolare | infinitive |
| sgretolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgretoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgretoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgretolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgretolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgretolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgretolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgretolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgretolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sgretolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sgretolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sgretolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sgretolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sgretolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sgretoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sgretolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sgretoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgretoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgretoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgretoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgretolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgretolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgretolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgretolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgretolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgretoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgretoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgretolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgretola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sgretoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sgretolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sgretolando | gerund |
| sgretolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used reflexively ('sgretolarsi') both literally (stones, walls) and figuratively (alliances, certainties).