Meaning
to spit
- to spit out
In a sentence
Non sputare per terra, è davvero brutto.
Don't spit on the ground, it's really gross.
Perché hai sputato il succo nel lavandino?
Why did you spit the juice into the sink?
Ha assaggiato la zuppa troppo calda e l'ha subito sputata.
He tasted the soup that was too hot and immediately spat it out.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sputare | infinitive |
| sputiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sputo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sputate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sputi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sputano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sputa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sputavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sputavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sputavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sputavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sputavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sputava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sputammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sputai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sputaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sputasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sputarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sputò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sputeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sputerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sputerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sputerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sputeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sputerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sputiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sputi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sputiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sputi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sputino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sputi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sputassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sputassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sputaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sputassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sputassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sputasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sputeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sputerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sputereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sputeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sputerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sputerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sputiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sputate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sputa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sputando | gerund |
| sputato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use sputare for literal spitting; spitare is nonstandard. Figurative uses like sputare sangue are common and idiomatic.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha sputato. Direct object clitics attach normally: sputarlo, sputarla.
- For blurting something out, Italian more often uses sputare fuori or sputare than dire abruptly; plain sputare can sound rough.