sbadigliare

Italian

Alternative forms

• sbavigliare, sbadagliare (obsolete)

Etymology

Derived from Medieval Latin batō, batāre (“to gape”). Compare Venetian sbadagiar, badagiar, Sicilian badagghiari, French bâiller, Occitan badalhar, Catalan badallar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zba.diʎˈʎa.re/
• Hyphenation: sba‧di‧glià‧re

Verb

sbadigliare

1. (intransitive) to yawn
2. (transitive, literary) To do (something) lazily or indolently.
3. (transitive, literary) To spread (something) lazily or slowly.
   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “Alla stazione una mattina d'autunno [At the Station One Autumn Morning]”, in Odi barbare‎^[1], volume 2, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 877:

     Oh quei fanali come s’inseguono ¶ accidïosi là dietro gli alberi, ¶ tra i rami stillanti di pioggia ¶ sbadigliando la luce su ’l fango!

     Oh, how those lights lazily chase each over there, behind the trees, among the raindrop-covered branches, spreading the light on the mud!

Derived terms

• sbadiglio

Anagrams

• sbadiglierà

References

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