Meaning
to break, split
- to break, to smash
- to split, to chop
- to rock, to be awesome
In a sentence
Ho spaccato il bicchiere mentre lavavo i piatti.
I broke the glass while washing the dishes.
Dobbiamo spaccare la legna per l'inverno.
We need to chop firewood for the winter.
Con la chitarra, Luca spacca davvero.
With the guitar, Luca really rocks.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| spaccare | infinitive |
| spacchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| spacco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| spaccate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spacchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spaccano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spacca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spaccavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spaccavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spaccavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spaccavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spaccavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spaccava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spaccammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| spaccai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| spaccaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| spaccasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| spaccarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| spaccò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| spaccheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| spaccherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| spaccherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| spaccherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| spaccheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| spaccherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| spacchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| spacchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| spacchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spacchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spacchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spacchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spaccassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spaccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spaccaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spaccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spaccassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spaccasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spaccheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| spaccherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| spacchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spaccheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spaccherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spaccherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spacchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| spaccate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| spacca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| spaccando | gerund |
| spaccato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For accidental breaking, rompere is more general; spaccare sounds more forceful, like cracking or splitting something apart.
- Intransitive colloquial use often takes essere: Il vetro si è spaccato. Transitive takes avere: Ho spaccato il bicchiere.
- As slang, spaccare means to be awesome or perform brilliantly; it's informal and common in speech, music, and youth language.