drago

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See also: Drago, dragó, and dragò

Catalan

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Verb

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drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdra.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: drà‧go

Etymology 1

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From earlier draco, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare dragone, from the Latin accusative form.

Noun

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drago m (plural draghi)

  1. dragon (legendary creature)
    Synonym: dragone
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 130–132; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Poi parve a me che la terra s’aprisse
      tr’ambo le ruote, e vidi uscirne un drago
      che per lo carro sù la coda fisse
      Then it seemed to me the earth split open under the two wheels, and I saw a dragon come out of there, who stuck his tail in the carriage
    • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto quintodecimo [Fifteenth canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎[3], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 62:
      Vide Leoni e Draghi pien di tosco,
      Et altre fere a traversarsi il calle
      He saw lions, and dragons packed with venom, and other beasts roaming on the path
  2. (figurative, informal) expert, whizz
  3. (figurative, informal, uncommon) a violent or impetuous person
  4. (heraldry) dragon
  5. (uncommon) kite (flying toy)
    Synonym: aquilone
  6. (zoology) any lizard of the Draco taxonomic genus
Derived terms
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Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragare

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Latin dracō via the nominative form. Now replaced by dragão, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

Noun

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drago m (plural dragos)

  1. (obsolete) dragon

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Romani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Slavic; compare Serbo-Croatian drag, Romanian drag, Bulgarian драг (drag).

Adjective

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drago (plural dragi)

  1. dear
  2. darling
  3. beloved

Noun

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drago m

  1. affection
  2. enjoyment
    Drágo mánge te gilabav ánde lávuta.
    I enjoy playing the fiddle.
  3. fun
  4. pleasure
    Che drágo!
    What pleasure!
  5. preference

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /drâːɡo/
  • Hyphenation: dra‧go

Adverb

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drȃgo (Cyrillic spelling дра̑го)

  1. to be glad, pleased, delighted (in copulative constructs)
    drago mi jeI am glad
    bilo joj je jako dragoshe was very pleased
    što god ti dragowhatever/anything you like
    kako ti dragoas you like it

Adjective

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drago

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of drag

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾaɡo/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Syllabification: dra‧go

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Doublet of dragón, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

Noun

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drago m (plural dragos)

  1. the dragon tree
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Further reading

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Anagrams

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