sballare

From s- +‎ balla +‎ -are.

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

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 [+ in (object) = in (calculations, cost estimates, etc.)] [auxiliary avere]
5. (transitive) to mess up, to be wrong in (calculations, cost estimates, etc.)
6. (intransitive) to get high [auxiliary avere]
7. (intransitive, card games) to exceed the limit, to go bust [auxiliary avere]

   Synonym: eccedere

8. (intransitive, by extension) to exceed the limit [auxiliary avere]
9. (transitive, by extension) to exceed (a limit) [auxiliary avere]
10. (transitive, slang) to ruin (a car, mechanism, etc.)
11. (intransitive, slang) to drink to excess, to get wasted [auxiliary avere]
12. (intransitive, slang) to get high [auxiliary avere]

    Synonym: strippare

13. (intransitive, slang) to freak out (from drug usage) [auxiliary avere]
14. (intransitive, informal, rare) to croak, to kick the bucket [auxiliary avere]

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

• sballamento
• sballatura
• sballone

• sballerà, sbarella