schizzare

to splash

verb skit-TSAH-reh Rare

Also means

to sketch (quickly)

Usage Note

Schizzare covers two distinct senses: in everyday speech it means to squirt or splash a liquid (schizzare acqua = to splash water), while in art it means to dash off a quick sketch (schizzare un disegno). It also colloquially means to dart away quickly (è schizzato via = he bolted). It takes avere when transitive and essere when intransitive motion is implied.

Examples

"Ha schizzato un ritratto in pochi minuti."

Natural Translation

He sketched a portrait in a few minutes.

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