sballare

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ balla +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zbalˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sbal‧là‧re

Verb

sballàre (first-person singular present sbàllo, first-person singular past historic sballài, past participle sballàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to unpack
    Synonyms: disfare, aprire, scartare, sviluppare
    Antonyms: imballare, incassare, avvolgere, avviluppare
  2. (transitive, informal, figurative, rare) to talk (nonsense), to tell (lies or exaggerations)
    Synonyms: ingrandire, sparare, inventare
  3. (transitive) to ask for (an excessive price)
  4. (intransitive) to make a mistake, to be wrong
  5. (transitive) to mess up, to be wrong in (calculations, cost estimates, etc.)
  6. (intransitive) to get high
  7. (intransitive, card games) to exceed the limit, to go bust
    Synonym: eccedere
  8. (intransitive, by extension) to exceed the limit
  9. (transitive, by extension) to exceed (a limit)
  10. (transitive, slang) to ruin (a car, mechanism, etc.)
  11. (intransitive, slang) to drink to excess, to get wasted
  12. (intransitive, slang) to get high
    Synonym: strippare
  13. (intransitive, slang) to freak out (from drug usage)
  14. (intransitive, informal, rare) to croak, to kick the bucket

Usage notes

  • Hoepli claims that the intransitive senses use essere as the auxiliary, but other dictionaries disagree.

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