sgobbare

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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]

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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

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