Meaning
to quarter, cut up
- To cut or tear an animal or body into parts or quarters.
- To slaughter or violently rip apart.
In a sentence
Nel medioevo i condannati per alto tradimento venivano talvolta squartati in piazza.
In the Middle Ages, those convicted of high treason were sometimes quartered in the square.
Il cacciatore ha squartato la preda con abilità per conservare la carne.
The hunter skillfully cut up the game to preserve the meat.
Il film horror mostrava una creatura mostruosa che squartava le sue vittime.
The horror film showed a monstrous creature that ripped its victims apart.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| squartare | infinitive |
| squarto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| squarti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squarta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squartiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| squartate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squartano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squartavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| squartavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| squartava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| squartavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| squartavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| squartavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| squartai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| squartasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| squartò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| squartammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| squartaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| squartarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| squarterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| squarterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| squarterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| squarteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| squarterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| squarteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| squarti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| squarti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squarti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squartiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| squartiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squartino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squartassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| squartassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| squartasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| squartassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| squartaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| squartassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| squarterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| squarteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| squarterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| squarteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| squartereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| squarterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| squarta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| squartiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| squartate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| squartando | gerund |
| squartato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Historically denotes execution by quartering; in modern Italian it is strongly graphic and violent.
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.