a tratti
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “at tracts”.
Adverb
[edit]- in intervals, by coming and going
- è un dolore che compare a tratti
- it's a pain that comes and goes
- (literally, “that appears in intervals”)
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Curioso come gli si affacciasse a tratti nella coscienza quell'orrore certo.
- It was curious how that predestined horror moved in and out of one’s consciousness.
- (literally, “Curious how that certain horror showed itself in intervals to his consciousness.”)