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Italian
Etymology
ammodo (“well, properly”, adverb) + -ino (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am.moˈdi.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: am‧mo‧dì‧no
Adverb
ammodino (Tuscan)
- properly, appropriately, right
1868, Enrico Franceschi, “La proposta della signora Betta” (chapter 22), in Città e campagna: dialoghi di lingua parlata [City and countryside: dialogues in spoken language], Turin: Enrico Moreno, page 223:Quando si deve, allora va singhiozzato, non mica come vien viene; ma ammodo e anche piangere ammodino.- When it is due, then one must sigh; not just in any way, but properly; and even crying appropriately.
References
- ammodo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana