Meaning
slip away; shell
- to slip away, wriggle out, or slide through a tight space
- to remove the shell, pod, or husk from nuts, peas, or shellfish
In a sentence
Il ladro è sgusciato via prima dell'arrivo della polizia.
The thief slipped away before the police arrived.
Dobbiamo ancora sgusciare tutti i piselli per la cena.
We still need to shell all the peas for dinner.
Il gatto è riuscito a sgusciare attraverso la finestra socchiusa.
The cat managed to squeeze through the cracked window.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sgusciare | infinitive |
| sguscio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgusci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sguscia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgusciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgusciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sgusciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgusciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgusciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgusciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgusciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgusciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgusciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sgusciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sgusciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sgusciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sgusciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sgusciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sgusciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sguscerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sguscerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sguscerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sgusceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sguscerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sgusceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sgusci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgusci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sgusci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgusciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sgusciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sguscino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sgusciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sgusciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sgusciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sgusciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sgusciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sgusciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sguscerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sgusceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sguscerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sgusceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sguscereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sguscerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sguscia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sgusciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sgusciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sgusciando | gerund |
| sgusciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'essere' when intransitive ('to slip/wriggle') and 'avere' when transitive ('to shell').
- Formed with the privative prefix 's-' added to 'guscio' (shell).