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sotterfugio

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (to flee secretly), from subter (under) and fugio (to flee).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sot.terˈfu.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -udʒo
  • Hyphenation: sot‧ter‧fù‧gio

Noun

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sotterfugio m (plural sotterfugi)

  1. subterfuge

Further reading

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  • sotterfugio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana