Meaning
to scatter, disperse
- to scatter or spread things around in disorder
- to disperse or spread out across an area (reflexive)
In a sentence
Il vento improvviso ha sparpagliato tutte le ricevute sul balcone.
The sudden wind scattered all the receipts across the balcony.
I bambini hanno sparpagliato i giocattoli sul pavimento del soggiorno.
The children scattered the toys on the living room floor.
L'insegnante disse agli studenti di sparpagliarsi per tutta la sala.
The teacher told the students to spread out throughout the hall.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sparpagliare | infinitive |
| sparpaglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sparpagli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpaglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sparpagliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sparpagliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpagliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sparpagliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sparpagliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpagliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sparpagliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sparpagliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpagliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sparpagliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sparpagliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpagliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sparpagliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sparpagliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpagliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sparpaglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sparpaglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpaglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sparpaglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sparpaglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpaglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sparpagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sparpagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sparpagliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sparpagliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpaglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sparpagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sparpagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpagliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sparpagliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sparpagliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpagliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sparpaglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sparpaglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpaglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sparpaglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sparpagliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpaglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sparpaglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sparpagliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sparpagliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sparpagliando | gerund |
| sparpagliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Frequently used reflexively ('sparpagliarsi') to mean 'to scatter' or 'to disperse'.