guastare
Italian
Etymology
From Latin vastāre, present active infinitive of vastō, influenced by Frankish *wuastijan, *wōstēn, *wōstijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōstijaną. Compare Portuguese and Spanish gastar (“to spend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwasˈta.re/, [ɡwäs̪ˈt̪äːr̺e̞]
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: gua‧stà‧re
Verb
guastare
- (transitive, obsolete) to destroy, lay waste (to)
- Synonyms: devastare, distruggere
- (transitive, obsolete) to mutilate
- Synonym: mutilare
- (transitive, obsolete) to execute (to put to death)
- Pregò colui che a guastare il menava ― He begged the one who was carrying him to be executed
- Synonym: giustiziare
- (transitive, literally and figuratively) to ruin
- La piena ha guastato il ponte. ― The flood has ruined the bridge.
- La notizia ci guastò la festa. ― The news spoiled the party for us.
- Synonym: rovinare
- (transitive) to break (to cause to stop functioning or being serviceable)
- I ragazzi hanno guastato tutte le sedie del salotto.
- The boys broke all the chairs in the living room.
- Synonym: rompere
- (transitive) to damage
- I cibi grassi guastano lo stomaco. ― Fatty foods damage the stomach.
- Synonym: danneggiare
- (transitive, of foodstuffs) to cause to spoil or go bad
- Guasterete il vino non mettendovi l'olio. ― If you don't put the oil in, you'll make the wine go bad.
- Synonym: far andare a male
- (transitive) to corrupt, lead astray
- Synonym: corrompere
- (transitive) to undo (in order to do again, usually in a different way)
- Ogni notte, Penelope guastava parte della tela che aveva tessuto durante il giorno.
- Each night, Penelope was undoing part of the shroud she'd been weaving during the day.
- Synonym: disfare
Conjugation
Conjugation of guastare
infinitive | guastare | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avere | gerund | guastando | |||
present participle | guastante | past participle | guastato | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | guasto | guasti | guasta | guastiamo | guastate | guastano |
imperfect | guastavo | guastavi | guastava | guastavamo | guastavate | guastavano |
past historic | guastai | guastasti | guastò | guastammo | guastaste | guastarono |
future | guasterò | guasterai | guasterà | guasteremo | guasterete | guasteranno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | guasterei | guasteresti | guasterebbe | guasteremmo | guastereste | guasterebbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | guasti | guasti | guasti | guastiamo | guastiate | guastino |
imperfect | guastassi | guastassi | guastasse | guastassimo | guastaste | guastassero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
guasta, non guastare | guasti | guastiamo | guastate | guastino |
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