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scivolare

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Italian

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Etymology

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The word is probably of onomatopoeic origin.[1]

From Latin exsībilāre. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ʃi.voˈla.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sci‧vo‧là‧re

Verb

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scivolàre (first-person singular present scìvolo, first-person singular past historic scivolài, past participle scivolàto, auxiliary èssere or (in some meanings) avére) (intransitive)

  1. to glide, to slide [auxiliary avere]
  2. to slip away, to leave unnoticed [auxiliary avere]
  3. (also figurative) to slip, to lose traction (and almost fall) [auxiliary essere or (rarely) avere]
  4. to slip (out of one's grasp) [auxiliary essere]
    fare scivolare qualcosa nelle mani di qualcunoto slip something into someone's hands
  5. (figurative) to pass over, to not linger on (a topic) [with su] [auxiliary essere]
  6. (figurative) to be postponed [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^
    2024 August 23 (last accessed), “Archived copy”, in Treccani[1], archived from the original on 14 May 2011:

Anagrams

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