andare giù

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to go down”.

Verb

andàre giù (first-person singular present vàdo giù, first-person singular past historic andài giù, past participle andàto giù, first-person singular future andrò giù, first-person singular subjunctive vàda giù, second-person singular imperative vài giù or và' giù, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (intransitive) to go down
    1. to move from a higher place to a lower one
      Synonym: scendere
      andare giù in garage ― to go down to the garage
    2. to decrease
      Synonyms: diminuire, decrescere, abbassarsi
      la febbre è andata giù ― the fever went down
    3. to be swallowed
    4. (figurative, by extension, chiefly in the negative) to be received or accepted well
    • 2020 October 2, Gianluca di Feo, “Trump ordina: niente parità di genere nei Navy Seal”, in la Repubblica‎:
      Una scelta che non è andata giù a molti, con attacchi che sono partiti dai reduci per trovare ampia eco nell'ambienti della destra americana.
      A choice that did not go down well for many, with attacks that started from veterans to find a broad echo in the circles of the American right.
  2. to lose strength, beauty; etc.; to perish; to wither
    Synonym: deperire
    è andato giù con la malattia ― he withered with the disease

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