sgargiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Uncertain

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zɡarˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sgar‧già‧re

Verb

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This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

sgargiàre (first-person singular present sgàrgio, first-person singular past historic sgargiài, past participle sgargiàto, auxiliary avére) (rare)

  1. (intransitive) to shine
    • 1938, Riccardo Bacchelli, Dio ti salvi [May God Save You]:
      E venne il giorno solenne, ventinove di settembre. Scintillava, sgargiava al sole lucido e caldo sul fiume.
      And the solemn day came, September 29th. It was glittering, shining on the river under the bright, warm sun.
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to flaunt excessively exuberant clothes or manners

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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