Meaning
kill on spot, stiffen
- To drop dead instantly or kill on the spot.
- To become stiff, dry, or gaunt (often pronominal: stecchirsi).
In a sentence
Quel fulmine ha stecchito l'albero in un istante.
That lightning strike withered the tree in an instant.
È caduto stecchito a terra per un infarto improvviso.
He dropped stone-dead to the ground from a sudden heart attack.
Il freddo intenso ha stecchito tutte le piantine dell'orto.
The intense cold shriveled all the seedlings in the garden.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stecchire | infinitive |
| stecchisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| stecchisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stecchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| stecchite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stecchivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stecchivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stecchivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stecchivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stecchii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| stecchisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| stecchimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| stecchiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| stecchirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| stecchirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| stecchiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| stecchirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| stecchisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| stecchisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stecchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| stecchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stecchissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stecchissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stecchissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stecchiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stecchirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| stecchiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stecchiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| stecchireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stecchisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| stecchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| stecchite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| stecchendo | gerund |
| stecchito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: primarily encountered in the past participle 'stecchito' (stone-dead; emaciated).
- Takes auxiliary 'essere' intransitively, 'avere' transitively.