Meaning
to fleece, rip off
- to charge someone excessively high prices; to rip off or fleece
- to pluck feathers from a bird or fowl
In a sentence
In quel ristorante per turisti ci hanno davvero spennati.
In that tourist restaurant they really ripped us off.
Non andare in quel negozio se non vuoi farti spennare.
Don't go to that shop if you don't want to get fleeced.
Il contadino ha spennato il pollo prima di cucinarlo.
The farmer plucked the chicken before cooking it.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| spennare | infinitive |
| spenno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| spenni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spenna | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spenniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| spennate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spennano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spennavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spennavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spennava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spennavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spennavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spennavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spennai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| spennasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| spennò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| spennammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| spennaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| spennarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| spennerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| spennerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| spennerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| spenneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| spennerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| spenneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| spenni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| spenni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spenni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spenniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| spenniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spennino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spennassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spennassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spennasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spennassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spennaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spennassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spennerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| spenneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spennerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spenneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| spennereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spennerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spenna | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| spenniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| spennate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| spennando | gerund |
| spennato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal when used figuratively for overcharging someone.
- Often used in the passive or reflexive: 'farsi spennare' (to let oneself be ripped off).