sparisce

Sparisce is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Italian verb sparire, which means to disappear. The form is used to describe something or someone that ceases to be visible or to exist in a given context. In compound tenses, sparire takes the auxiliary essere, and the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject (è sparito, è sparita, sono spariti, ecc.).

Conjugation in the present tense: io sparisco, tu sparisci, lui/lei sparisce, noi spariamo, voi sparite, loro spariscono. In the present indicative, sparire exhibits the isc pattern in most forms (io sparisco, tu sparisci, lui sparisce), while the forms for noi and voi end with -iamo and -ite, respectively (noi spariamo, voi sparite).

Usage and examples: sparire describes sudden or complete disappearance, literal or figurative. Examples: La figura sparisce dall’inquadratura. Il gatto è sparito. È sparita dalla vista senza lasciare tracce. Sparire può anche essere usato in forma causativa con far; ad esempio, hanno fatto sparire i documenti. The term is often contrasted with scomparire, which is a broader or more formal synonym, and with svanire, which emphasizes vanishing rather than simply ceasing to be visible.

See also: scomparire, svanire, sparizione.