sgobbare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From s- +‎ gobbo (hunchback) +‎ -are, from the sense of "to work to the point of becoming a hunchback."[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zɡobˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sgob‧bà‧re

Verb[edit]

sgobbàre (first-person singular present sgòbbo, first-person singular past historic sgobbài, past participle sgobbàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive, informal)

  1. to slog or slave away (work very hard) [auxiliary avere]
  2. to swot or cram [auxiliary avere]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ sgobbare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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