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Italian
Etymology
From Latin angustus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰu-, from *h₂enǵʰ-. The correspondence of Latin short /u/ to Italian /u/ (rather than Italian /o/ as in agosto, mosto) indicates that the form is possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare gusto).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈɡu.sto/
- Rhymes: -usto
- Hyphenation: an‧gù‧sto
Adjective
angusto (feminine angusta, masculine plural angusti, feminine plural anguste)
- narrow
l'idea angusta e provinciale dell'«agitatore che viene da fuori»- the narrow and provincial "outside agitator" idea
- stupid; mentally dull
- un'idea angusta ― a stupid idea
Derived terms
Further reading
- angusto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From angustus + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
angustō (present infinitive angustāre, perfect active angustāvī, supine angustātum); first conjugation
- to narrow, reduce in width or size
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “angusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “angusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- angusto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.