Meaning
to spur on, urge
- To encourage, incite, or push someone to act or do their best.
- To spur a horse.
In a sentence
L'allenatore sprona sempre la squadra a dare il massimo.
The coach always spurs the team to give their best.
I suoi successi mi hanno spronato a riprendere gli studi.
His successes spurred me on to resume my studies.
Cosa ti sprona a continuare quando tutto sembra difficile?
What urges you to keep going when everything seems hard?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| spronare | infinitive |
| sprono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sproni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sprona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sproniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| spronate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spronano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spronavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spronavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spronava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spronavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spronavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spronavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spronai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| spronasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| spronò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| spronammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| spronaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| spronarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| spronerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| spronerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| spronerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sproneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| spronerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sproneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sproni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sproni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sproni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sproniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sproniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spronino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| spronassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| spronassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| spronasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| spronassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| spronaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| spronassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| spronerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sproneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| spronerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sproneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| spronereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| spronerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sprona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sproniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| spronate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| spronando | gerund |
| spronato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often followed by 'a' + infinitive: 'spronare qualcuno a fare qualcosa' (to urge someone to do something).
- Conjugates regularly in -are with auxiliary 'avere'.