Meaning
to dismantle
- to take apart a structure or machine piece by piece; dismantle
- to break up or eliminate an organization, system, or network
In a sentence
Gli operai hanno iniziato a smantellare il vecchio ponte.
The workers began to dismantle the old bridge.
La polizia è riuscita a smantellare un'organizzazione criminale internazionale.
The police managed to dismantle an international criminal organization.
Se non troviamo fondi, dovremo smantellare l'intero impianto.
If we don't find funds, we will have to dismantle the entire facility.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| smantellare | infinitive |
| smantello | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| smantelli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smantella | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smantelliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| smantellate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smantellano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smantellavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smantellavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smantellava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smantellavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smantellavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smantellavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smantellai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| smantellasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| smantellò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| smantellammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| smantellaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| smantellarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| smantellerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| smantellerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| smantellerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| smantelleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| smantellerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| smantelleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| smantelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| smantelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smantelli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smantelliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| smantelliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smantellino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smantellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smantellassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smantellasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smantellassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smantellaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smantellassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smantellerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| smantelleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smantellerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smantelleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| smantellereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smantellerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smantella | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| smantelliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| smantellate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| smantellando | gerund |
| smantellato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes avere as its auxiliary verb.
- Widely used figuratively for dismantling illegal operations or organizations.