Meaning
to flutter, flit
- to fly about with irregular, fluttering movements
- to flap or wave lightly in the air or breeze
In a sentence
Una farfalla colorata svolazzava tra i fiori del giardino botanico.
A colorful butterfly fluttered among the flowers of the botanical garden.
Il vento improvviso ha fatto svolazzare i fogli sul tavolo.
The sudden wind made the sheets of paper flutter on the table.
Guarda come le rondini svolazzano gioiose nel cielo primaverile.
Look at how the swallows flit joyfully in the spring sky.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| svolazzare | infinitive |
| svolazzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| svolazzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svolazziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| svolazzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svolazzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| svolazzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| svolazzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| svolazzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| svolazzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| svolazzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| svolazzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| svolazzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| svolazzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| svolazzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| svolazzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| svolazzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| svolazzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| svolazzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svolazziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| svolazziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svolazzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| svolazzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| svolazzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| svolazzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| svolazzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| svolazzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svolazzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| svolazzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svolazza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| svolazziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| svolazzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| svolazzando | gerund |
| svolazzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses: 'ha svolazzato'.
- Formed from 'volare' with the frequentative suffix '-azzare' and intensive 's-'.