fiatone
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fiato (“breath”) + -one.
Noun[edit]
fiatone m (plural fiatoni)
- heavy breathing; panting
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Avevano entrambi il fiatone, ma alla ragazza era tornato un accenno di sorriso.
- They were both breathing fast, but the smile had reappeared round the corners of her mouth.
- (literally, “They both had some heavy breathing, but to the girl returned a sign of a smile.”)