Meaning
to squash, splat
- to crush, smash, or flatten something soft against a hard surface
- to utter or stammer words faintly (often negated: non spiaccicare parola)
In a sentence
Ho spiaccicato una zanzara sul muro della cucina.
I squashed a mosquito on the kitchen wall.
Perché sei rimasto lì senza spiaccicare una parola?
Why did you stand there without uttering a single word?
Fai attenzione a non spiaccicare i pomodori nella borsa della spesa.
Be careful not to squash the tomatoes in the shopping bag.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| spiaccicare | infinitive |
| spiaccico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| spiaccichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spiaccichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spiaccicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spiaccicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spiaccicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spiaccicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| spiaccicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| spiaccicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| spiaccicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| spiaccicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| spiaccicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| spiaccichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| spiaccichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spiaccichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spiaccicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spiaccicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spiaccicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spiaccicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| spiaccicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| spiaccicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spiaccica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| spiaccichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| spiaccicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| spiaccicando | gerund |
| spiaccicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: very common in conversational contexts for flattening insects, fruit, or dough.
- Takes 'h' before 'e' and 'i' to preserve the hard /k/ sound: spiaccichi, spiaccichiamo.
- The reflexive 'spiaccicarsi' means to splat or crash violently against something.