Meaning
to lean out; file
- to project, jut out, or stick out from an edge or surface
- to lean out (often with 'da' or reflexively 'sporgersi')
- to submit, lodge, or file officially (e.g. a complaint)
In a sentence
La signora è andata dai carabinieri a sporgere denuncia per il furto.
The lady went to the police station to file a report for the theft.
Attento a non sporgerti troppo dal balcone, è pericoloso.
Be careful not to lean out too far over the balcony; it's dangerous.
C'è un ramo spezzato che sporge sulla strada principale.
There is a broken branch sticking out onto the main road.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sporgere | infinitive |
| sporgo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sporgi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sporge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sporgiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sporgete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sporgono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sporgevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sporgevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sporgeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sporgevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sporgevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sporgevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sporsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sporgesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sporse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sporgemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sporgeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sporsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sporgerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sporgerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sporgerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sporgeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sporgerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sporgeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sporga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sporga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sporga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sporgiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sporgiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sporgano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sporgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sporgessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sporgesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sporgessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sporgeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sporgessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sporgerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sporgeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sporgerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sporgeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sporgereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sporgerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sporgi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sporgiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sporgete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sporgendo | gerund |
| sporto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Irregular past participle: 'sporto'.
- Uses 'essere' intransitively ('la trave è sporta') and 'avere' transitively ('ha sporto denuncia').
- Often seen on trains: 'Non sporgersi dal finestrino' (Do not lean out of the window).
- past participle sporto