smontare

Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ montare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zmonˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: smon‧tà‧re

Verb

smontàre (first-person singular present smónto, first-person singular past historic smontài, past participle smontàto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive in some meanings) avére or (intransitive in other meanings) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to disassemble; to dismantle, to demount, to take apart
    Synonyms: scomporre, separare, dividere, sezionare, disfare, distruggere, scindere, smembrare, fare a pezzi
  2. (transitive) to remove or transport away furnishings
    smontare una casa ― to hollow out a house
  3. (transitive) to unframe
    Synonym: asportare
    smontare una pietra preziosa
    to unframe a gem (e.g. from a ring, necklace, encasing, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to remove from a programming; to unschedule (a film, TV show, etc.)
    smontare un film ― to unschedule a film
  5. (transitive) to deflate (a whisked food, e.g. a soufflé)
    Synonyms: sgonfiare, afflosciare
  6. (intransitive) to deflate (of a whisked food, e.g. a soufflé) [auxiliary avere or essere]
    Synonyms: sgonfiarsi, afflosciarsi
  7. (transitive) to deprive of enthusiasm or confidence; to demoralize; to discourage
    Synonyms: scoraggiare, sfiduciare; see also Thesaurus:abbattere
  8. (transitive) to demonstrate the groundlessness (of an argument, accusation, etc.) by analyzing it; to tear down; to shoot down; to break apart
    Synonyms: demolire, ridimensionare, ridurre, sgonfiare, smantellare
  9. (transitive) to deflate or demagnify (an exaggerated story, joke, etc.)
    Synonym: ridimensionare
  10. (transitive, informal) to drop off (to let get off of a vehicle)
    smontami al prossimo incrocio
    drop me off at the next intersection
  11. (intransitive, informal) to get off (of a vehicle) [auxiliary essere]
    smonto al prossimo incrocio ― I'll get off at the next intersection
  12. (intransitive) to dismount (from); to get off (of) [+ di (object)] or [+ da (object)] [auxiliary essere]
    smontare di bicicletta ― to get off the bike
  13. (intransitive, informal) to finish a work shift [+ di (object)] or [+ da (object)] [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: finire il turno, staccare, finire, terminare, smettere
    smonterà alle sette ― he will finish work at seven
    smontare dal turno ― to finish a work shift
  14. (intransitive, rare) to fade [auxiliary avere] (of a color)
    Synonyms: sbiadire, stingere, scolorire, impallidire, schiarire
  15. (intransitive, archaic) to stay (at a place) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of smontàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive smontàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund smontàndo
present participle smontànte past participle smontàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present smónto smónti smónta smontiàmo smontàte smóntano
imperfect smontàvo smontàvi smontàva smontavàmo smontavàte smontàvano
past historic smontài smontàsti smontò smontàmmo smontàste smontàrono
future smonterò smonterài smonterà smonterémo smonteréte smonterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present smonterèi smonterésti smonterèbbe, smonterébbe smonterémmo smonteréste smonterèbbero, smonterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present smónti smónti smónti smontiàmo smontiàte smóntino
imperfect smontàssi smontàssi smontàsse smontàssimo smontàste smontàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
smónta smónti smontiàmo smontàte smóntino
negative imperative non smontàre non smónti non smontiàmo non smontàte non smóntino

1Transitive, also intransitive in some meanings.
2Intransitive in other meanings.

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