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indugiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *indūtiāre, derived from Latin indūtiae (truce; pause).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.duˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧du‧già‧re

Verb

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indugiàre (first-person singular present indùgio, first-person singular past historic indugiài, past participle indugiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to delay; to postpone
    Synonyms: rimandare, posporre; see also Thesaurus:rinviare
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto IV, page 61, lines 130–132:
      Prima convien che tanto il ciel m'aggiri / di fuor da essa, quanto fece in vita, / per ch'io indugiai al fine i buon sospiri
      I must wait outside as long as in my lifetime / the heavens wheeled around me / while I 'put off my sighs of penance to the end
  2. (intransitive) to linger [with in ‘in/at’]
    indugiare nei ricordito linger in one's memories
  3. (transitive, literary) to hold back
    Synonyms: fermare, frenare; see also Thesaurus:trattenere
  4. (intransitive) to hesitate [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: esitare, tergiversare; see also Thesaurus:esitare

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