Meaning
sell off cheap, sell out
- to sell goods at very low prices, often quickly to clear stock
- (reflexive, svendersi) to compromise one's principles or integrity for personal gain
In a sentence
Il negozio sta per chiudere e svende tutti i capi invernali.
The shop is about to close and is selling off all winter items.
Perché hanno svenduto la casa invece di aspettare un'offerta migliore?
Why did they sell off the house cheap instead of waiting for a better offer?
Quel giornalista non si è mai svenduto per fare carriera.
That journalist never sold out to advance his career.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| svendere | infinitive |
| svendo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| svendi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svende | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svendiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| svendete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svendono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svendevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| svendevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| svendeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| svendevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| svendevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| svendevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| svendei | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| svendesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| svendé | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| svendemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| svendeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| svenderono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| svenderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| svenderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| svenderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| svenderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| svenderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| svenderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| svenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| svenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svenda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svendiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| svendiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svendano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| svendessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| svendesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| svendessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| svendeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| svendessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| svenderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| svenderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svenderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svenderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| svendereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svenderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svendi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| svendiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| svendete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| svendendo | gerund |
| svenduto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in transitive use ('ho svenduto tutto') and 'essere' as a reflexive.
- Conjugates like 'vendere' (past participle 'svenduto').