Meaning
to tear up, thrash
- to tear or rip something into pieces (paper, cloth, documents)
- to defeat decisively; to thrash or trounce an opponent
In a sentence
Ha stracciato la lettera senza nemmeno leggerla.
He tore up the letter without even reading it.
La nostra squadra ha stracciato gli avversari con un netto quattro a zero.
Our team thrashed the opponents with a clear four-nil.
Non stracciare quella ricevuta, potrebbe servirti.
Don't tear up that receipt, you might need it.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stracciare | infinitive |
| straccio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| stracci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| straccia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stracciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| stracciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| stracciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stracciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stracciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stracciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stracciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stracciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stracciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| stracciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| stracciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| stracciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| stracciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| stracciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| stracciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| straccerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| straccerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| straccerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| stracceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| straccerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| stracceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| stracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| stracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| stracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stracciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| stracciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| straccino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| stracciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| stracciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| stracciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| stracciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| stracciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| stracciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| straccerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| stracceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| straccerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| stracceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| straccereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| straccerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| straccia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| stracciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| stracciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| stracciando | gerund |
| stracciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In the sense of 'to thrash/trounce', it is informal but extremely common in sports.
- Verbs ending in -ciare drop the redundant 'i' before endings starting with 'e' or 'i'.