guastare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vastāre, influenced by Frankish *wōstijan. Compare Portuguese gastar, Spanish gastar (“to spend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gua‧stà‧re
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Verb

guastàre (first-person singular present guàsto, first-person singular past historic guastài, past participle guastàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (transitive) to ruin, to damage
    Synonyms: rovinare, sciupare, danneggiare, distruggere, rompere, deformare, sformare, deteriorare, logorare, nuocere, disturbare, turbare, sconvolgere, scombussolare, avvelenare
    la piena ha guastato il ponte ― the flood has ruined the bridge
    la notizia ci guastò la festa ― the news ruined the party for us
  2. (transitive) to break (to cause to stop functioning properly)
    Synonym: rompere
    i ragazzi hanno guastato tutte le sedie del salotto
    the boys broke all the chairs in the living room
  3. (transitive) to corrupt, lead astray
    Synonyms: corrompere, depravare, traviare, pervertire, viziare, insozzare
  4. (transitive) to undo in order to do again, usually in a different way (typically of knitting)
    Synonym: disfare
    ogni notte, guastava la tela che aveva tessuto durante il giorno
    each night, she undid the shroud she had woven during the day
  5. (transitive, obsolete) to destroy, lay waste (to)
    Synonyms: devastare, distruggere
  6. (transitive, obsolete) to mutilate
    Synonym: mutilare
  7. (transitive, obsolete) to execute (to put to death)
    Synonym: giustiziare
    • Pregò colui che a guastare il menava ― He begged the one who was carrying him to be executed
  8. (intransitive) to be unpleasant or harmful

Conjugation

    Conjugation of guastàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive guastàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund guastàndo
present participle guastànte past participle guastàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present guàsto guàsti guàsta guastiàmo guastàte guàstano
imperfect guastàvo guastàvi guastàva guastavàmo guastavàte guastàvano
past historic guastài guastàsti guastò guastàmmo guastàste guastàrono
future guasterò guasterài guasterà guasterémo guasteréte guasterànno
conditional guasterèi guasterésti guasterèbbe, guasterébbe guasterémmo guasteréste guasterèbbero, guasterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present guàsti guàsti guàsti guastiàmo guastiàte guàstino
imperfect guastàssi guastàssi guastàsse guastàssimo guastàste guastàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
guàsta guàsti guastiàmo guastàte guàstino
negative imperative non guastàre non guàsti non guastiàmo non guastàte non guàstino

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