Meaning
to disassemble; to dismantle, to demount, to take apart
- to disassemble, take apart
- to get off, dismount (smontare da)
- to come off duty, finish a shift
- to discourage, deflate (a person)
In a sentence
Domani devo smontare l'armadio della camera.
Tomorrow I have to take apart the bedroom wardrobe.
Hai già smontato le luci dal palco?
Have you already taken the lights down from the stage?
Non hanno smontato il film dal cinema.
They didn't pull the film from the theater schedule.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| smontare | infinitive |
| smontiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| smonto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| smontate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smonti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smontano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smonta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smontavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smontavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smontavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smontavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smontavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smontava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smontammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| smontai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| smontaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| smontasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| smontarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| smontò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| smonteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| smonterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| smonterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| smonterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| smonteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| smonterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| smontiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| smonti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| smontiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smonti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smontino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smonti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smontassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| smontassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| smontaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| smontassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| smontassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| smontasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| smonteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| smonterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| smontereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| smonteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| smonterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| smonterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| smontiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| smontate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| smonta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| smontando | gerund |
| smontato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use smontare for taking something apart; use togliere for simply removing, and demolire for knocking down buildings.
- Very common figuratively: smontare un argomento/una teoria means to pick it apart or debunk it.
- Usually takes avere: ho smontato il mobile. Reflexive smontarsi means to lose confidence or enthusiasm.