Meaning
to rip open, tear
- to tear or cut something open violently
- figuratively, to break through or pierce (e.g. silence, darkness)
In a sentence
Un lampo improvviso squarciò il cielo buio durante il temporale estivo.
A sudden flash of lightning ripped through the dark sky during the summer storm.
Il gatto ha squarciato il tessuto del divano con le unghie affilate.
The cat tore the sofa's fabric with its sharp claws.
Quel grido disperato non riuscì a squarciare l'indifferenza della folla.
That desperate cry failed to shatter the crowd's indifference.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| squarciare | infinitive |
| squarcio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| squarci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squarcia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squarciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| squarciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squarciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squarciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| squarciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| squarciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| squarciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| squarciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| squarciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| squarciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| squarciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| squarciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| squarciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| squarciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| squarciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| squarcerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| squarcerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| squarcerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| squarceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| squarcerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| squarceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| squarci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| squarci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squarci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squarciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| squarciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squarcino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squarciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| squarciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| squarciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| squarciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| squarciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| squarciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| squarcerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| squarceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squarcerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squarceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| squarcereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squarcerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squarcia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| squarciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| squarciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| squarciando | gerund |
| squarciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Verbs ending in '-ciare' drop the redundant 'i' before endings in 'e' or 'i' (e.g., 'squarcerò', 'squarci').