γραδάρω

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Greek

Etymology

From Italian gradare, equivalent to γράδο (grádo, measure of liquid density, hydrometer) +‎ -άρω (-áro).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɾaˈðaɾo/
  • Hyphenation: γρα‧δά‧ρω

Verb

γραδάρω (gradáro) (past γράδαρα/γραδάρισα, passive —)

  1. (rare, literary, poetic, nautical, chemistry, intransitive) to measure density (of a liquid, with a hydrometer)
    • 1947, Nikos Kavvadias, poem «Θεσσαλονίκη» Thessaloniki from Collection Πούσι /set to music by Thanos Mikroutsikos (1979)
      Σ’ έστειλε ο πρώτος τα νερά να πας για να γραδάρεις.
      S’ ésteile o prótos ta nerá na pas gia na gradáreis.
      The engineer sent you to go and check the water's density.
      Also see 1st stanza Greek text & translation by Evgenia Russell @books.google retr:2018.10.28.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to get the measure of, figure out (understand someone's character)[1]
    Τον γραδάρισα εγώ! Είναι σκάρτος χαρακτήρας.
    Ton gradárisa egó! Eínai skártos charaktíras.
    I got the measure of him! He is no good.

Conjugation

  • γράδο n (grádo, measure of liquid's density; hydrometer)

References

  1. ^ γραδάρω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language