sensale
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Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sensaio m (Tuscan, archaic)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic سِمْسار (simsār),[1] from Persian سپسار (sapsâr),[2] both meaning “mediator”. Compare Sicilian sinzali.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sensale m or f by sense (plural sensali)
- commercial agent
- Synonyms: mediatore m, mediatrice f
- (by extension) matchmaker (arranger of marriages)
- Synonyms: intermediario m, intermediaria f, mediatore m, mediatrice f, mezzano m, mezzana f, paraninfo m
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “sensale”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ sensale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
sensale
- second-person singular voseo imperative of sensar combined with le
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- Italian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Persian
- Italian 3-syllable words
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