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