Meaning
to tear, snatch
- to tear, rip
- to snatch, grab, tear away
- to wrest, extract, win (a result, a promise)
In a sentence
Il cane mi ha strappato il panino di mano.
The dog snatched my sandwich from my hand.
Hai strappato il foglio per sbaglio?
Did you tear the sheet by mistake?
Alla fine ho strappato un giorno di ferie.
In the end I managed to get a day off.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| strappare | infinitive |
| strappiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| strappo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| strappate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| strappi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| strappano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| strappa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| strappavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| strappavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| strappavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| strappavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| strappavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| strappava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| strappammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| strappai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| strappaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| strappasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| strapparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| strappò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| strapperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| strapperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| strapperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| strapperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| strapperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| strapperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| strappiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| strappi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| strappiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| strappi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| strappino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| strappi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| strappassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| strappassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| strappaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| strappassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| strappassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| strappasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| strapperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| strapperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| strappereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| strapperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| strapperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| strapperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| strappiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| strappate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| strappa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| strappando | gerund |
| strappato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use strappare for forceful removal or tearing; use togliere for neutral removal and rompere for breaking something without the idea of ripping.
- With body parts or attached items, Italian often uses indirect object plus article: mi hanno strappato la camicia, not la mia camicia.
- In figurative use, strappare often means obtaining something with effort: strappare un accordo, strappare un sorriso.