Significado
to foil, to thwart
- to prevent something harmful, unlawful, or dangerous from happening (a plot, crime, attempt)
En una frase
La polizia è riuscita a sventare la rapina in banca.
The police managed to foil the bank robbery.
Come hanno fatto gli agenti a sventare quell'attentato?
How did the officers manage to thwart that attack?
Il sistema di sicurezza non ha sventato l'intrusione.
The security system did not prevent the intrusion.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| sventare | infinitive |
| svento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sventi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sventa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sventiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sventate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sventano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sventavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sventavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sventava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sventavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sventavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sventavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sventai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sventasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sventò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sventammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sventaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sventarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sventerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sventerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sventerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sventeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sventerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sventeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sventi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sventi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sventi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sventiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sventiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sventino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sventassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sventassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sventasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sventassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sventaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sventassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sventerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sventeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sventerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sventeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sventereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sventerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sventa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sventiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sventate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sventando | gerund |
| sventato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Takes auxiliary avere. Commonly paired with direct objects like attacco, colpo, rapina, piano.