Meaning
to dirty, soil
- to make something dirty or stained
- (reflexive: sporcarsi) to get dirty or soil oneself
In a sentence
Attento a non sporcare la maglietta bianca con il sugo.
Be careful not to dirty your white t-shirt with sauce.
I bambini si sono sporcati giocando nel fango.
The children got dirty playing in the mud.
Togliti le scarpe per non sporcare il pavimento.
Take off your shoes so you don't dirty the floor.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sporcare | infinitive |
| sporco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sporchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sporca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sporchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sporcate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sporcano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sporcavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sporcavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sporcava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sporcavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sporcavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sporcavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sporcai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sporcasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sporcò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sporcammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sporcaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sporcarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sporcherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sporcherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sporcherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sporcheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sporcherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sporcheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sporchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sporchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sporchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sporchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sporchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sporchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sporcassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sporcassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sporcasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sporcassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sporcaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sporcassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sporcherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sporcheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sporcherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sporcheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sporchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sporcherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sporca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sporchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sporcate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sporcando | gerund |
| sporcato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Adds 'h' before 'e' or 'i' to preserve the hard /k/ sound: sporchi, sporchiamo.
- Takes avere when transitive; reflexive form 'sporcarsi' takes essere.