svelto
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from Latin vellere (“to pluck, stretch”), perhaps influenced by Spanish suelto (“free; agile”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
svelto (feminine svelta, masculine plural svelti, feminine plural svelte)
Adjective[edit]
svelto (feminine svelta, masculine plural svelti, feminine plural svelte, superlative sveltissimo)
- quick
- Svelto! ― Hurry up!
- Chi è svelto a mangiare è svelto a lavorare.
- He who is a quick eater is a quick worker.
- brisk
- quick-witted
- è una ragazza svelta ― she is a quick-witted girl
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: esvelt
- ⇒ Esperanto: svelta
- → French: svelte
- → English: svelte
- → Portuguese: esbelto
- → Spanish: esbelto
References[edit]
- ^ svelto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ svelto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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