stare a bada

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Italian

Verb

stare a bada

  1. (obsolete) To stall for time, to temporize; to stand in attentive expectation.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXI, pages 463–464, lines 136–141:
      Qual pare a riguardar la Carisenda ¶ sotto ’l chinato, quando un nuvol vada ¶ sovr’essa sì, ched ella incontro penda: ¶ tal parve Antëo a me che stava a bada ¶ di vederlo chinare, e fu tal ora ¶ ch’i’ avrei voluto ir per altra strada.
      As seems the Carisenda, to behold beneath the leaning side, when goes a cloud above it so that opposite it hangs; such did Antæus seem to me, who stood watching to see him stoop, and then it was I could have wished to go some other way.
  2. To stay put.

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