singulto

Esperanto

Noun

singulto (accusative singular singulton, plural singultoj, accusative plural singultojn)

1. hiccup

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin singultus. Compare the inherited doublet singhiozzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: sin‧gùl‧to

Noun

singulto m (plural singulti)

1. hiccup

   Synonym: singhiozzo

2. sob

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Latin

Etymology

From or related to singultus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sinˈɡul.toː/, [s̠ɪŋˈɡʊɫ̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sinˈɡul.to/, [siŋˈɡul̪t̪o]

Verb

singultō (present infinitive singultāre, perfect active singultāvī, supine singultātum); first conjugation

1. I catch the breath, gasp, sob
2. I hiccup.

Conjugation

• Note. Perfect forms are very rare.

Conjugation of singultō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	singultō	singultās	singultat	singultāmus	singultātis	singultant
	imperfect	singultābam	singultābās	singultābat	singultābāmus	singultābātis	singultābant
	future	singultābō	singultābis	singultābit	singultābimus	singultābitis	singultābunt
	perfect	singultāvī	singultāvistī	singultāvit	singultāvimus	singultāvistis	singultāvērunt, singultāvēre
	pluperfect	singultāveram	singultāverās	singultāverat	singultāverāmus	singultāverātis	singultāverant
	future perfect	singultāverō	singultāveris	singultāverit	singultāverimus	singultāveritis	singultāverint
passive	present	singultor	singultāris, singultāre	singultātur	singultāmur	singultāminī	singultantur
	imperfect	singultābar	singultābāris, singultābāre	singultābātur	singultābāmur	singultābāminī	singultābantur
	future	singultābor	singultāberis, singultābere	singultābitur	singultābimur	singultābiminī	singultābuntur
	perfect	singultātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	singultātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	singultātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	singultem	singultēs	singultet	singultēmus	singultētis	singultent
	imperfect	singultārem	singultārēs	singultāret	singultārēmus	singultārētis	singultārent
	perfect	singultāverim	singultāverīs	singultāverit	singultāverīmus	singultāverītis	singultāverint
	pluperfect	singultāvissem	singultāvissēs	singultāvisset	singultāvissēmus	singultāvissētis	singultāvissent
passive	present	singulter	singultēris, singultēre	singultētur	singultēmur	singultēminī	singultentur
	imperfect	singultārer	singultārēris, singultārēre	singultārētur	singultārēmur	singultārēminī	singultārentur
	perfect	singultātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	singultātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	singultā	—	—	singultāte	—
	future	—	singultātō	singultātō	—	singultātōte	singultantō
passive	present	—	singultāre	—	—	singultāminī	—
	future	—	singultātor	singultātor	—	—	singultantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		singultāre	singultāvisse	singultātūrum esse	singultārī	singultātum esse	singultātum īrī
participles		singultāns	—	singultātūrus	—	singultātus	singultandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		singultandī	singultandō	singultandum	singultandō	singultātum	singultātū

Related terms

• singultiō

Descendants

• Catalan: sanglotar, singlotar
• French: sangloter
• Friulian: sangloçâ
• Galician: saloucar, salucar, solouzar, zaloucar, zalucar, zaluzar
• Italian: singhiozzare
• Occitan: sanglotar
• Romansch: sanglotter
• Romanian: sughița

References

• “singulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “singulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• singulto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin singultus. Compare the inherited doublet sollozo.

Noun

singulto m (plural singultos)

1. hiccup

   Synonym: hipo

2. sob

   Synonym: sollozo

Further reading

• “singulto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28