Meaning
to gossip
- to talk casually about the private lives of other people
In a sentence
Passano tutto il pomeriggio a spettegolare sui colleghi.
They spend the whole afternoon gossiping about colleagues.
Non mi piace spettegolare sulla vita privata degli altri.
I don't like gossiping about other people's private lives.
Di chi stavate spettegolando prima che entrassi?
Who were you gossiping about before I came in?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| spettegolare | infinitive |
| spettegolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| spettegoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spettegoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| spettegolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spettegolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spettegolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spettegolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spettegolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spettegolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| spettegolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| spettegolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| spettegolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| spettegolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| spettegolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| spettegoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| spettegolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| spettegoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| spettegoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spettegoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| spettegoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spettegolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spettegolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spettegolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spettegolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spettegolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| spettegoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spettegoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| spettegolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spettegola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| spettegoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| spettegolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| spettegolando | gerund |
| spettegolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the preposition 'su' (or 'di') to indicate the subject of the gossip.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.