Meaning
flush out, track down
- to drive an animal out of its den or burrow
- to force someone out of hiding; to track down and expose
In a sentence
La polizia è riuscita finalmente a stanare i ladri.
The police finally managed to flush out the thieves.
I cacciatori usano i cani per stanare la volpe.
Hunters use dogs to flush the fox out of its den.
Come faremo a stanarlo se non sappiamo dove si nasconde?
How will we track him down if we don't know where he is hiding?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stanare | infinitive |
| stano | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| stani | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stana | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| staniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| stanate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stanano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stanavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stanavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stanava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stanavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stanavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stanavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stanai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| stanasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| stanò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| stanammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| stanaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| stanarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| stanerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| stanerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| stanerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| staneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| stanerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| staneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| stani | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| stani | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stani | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| staniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| staniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stanino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stanassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stanassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stanasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stanassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stanaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stanassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stanerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| staneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stanerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| staneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| stanereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stanerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stana | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| staniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| stanate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| stanando | gerund |
| stanato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Built on 'tana' (den/burrow) with the privative/extractive prefix 's-'.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.