Meaning
to melt; sneak off
- to melt or liquefy (colloquial alternative to sciogliere)
- (pronominal, squagliarsela) to slip away quietly or run off
In a sentence
Con questo caldo tremendo il gelato si è squagliato in un minuto.
In this terrible heat, the ice cream melted in a minute.
Appena sono arrivati i vicini, i ragazzi se la sono squagliata.
As soon as the neighbors arrived, the boys sneaked off.
Perché te la squagli sempre quando tocca a te pulire?
Why do you always sneak away when it's your turn to clean?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| squagliare | infinitive |
| squaglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| squagli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squaglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squagliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| squagliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squagliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squagliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| squagliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| squagliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| squagliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| squagliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| squagliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| squagliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| squagliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| squagliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| squagliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| squagliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| squagliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| squaglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| squaglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| squaglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| squaglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| squaglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| squaglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| squagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| squagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squagliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| squagliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squaglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| squagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| squagliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| squagliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| squagliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| squagliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| squaglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| squaglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squaglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squaglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| squagliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squaglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squaglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| squagliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| squagliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| squagliando | gerund |
| squagliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: primarily used pronominally as 'squagliarsela' (to sneak off).
- For the literal sense of melting, 'sciogliere' is standard and much more formal.