defilarsi

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.fiˈlar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: de‧fi‧làr‧si

Verb

defilàrsi (first-person singular present mi defìlo, first-person singular past historic mi defilài, past participle defilàto)

  1. reflexive of defilare
  2. to slip away
    1. (military) to escape from the sight or gunfire of the enemy
      la compagnia si è defilata dalla raffica di spari
      the battalion escaped from the gunfire
    2. to hide or escape from an embarrassing situation
    3. to skirt (an obligation, commitment, etc.)
      quando intavolammo il discorso dei compiti, lui si è defilato istantaneamente
      when we started talking about the homework, he slipped away instantly
  3. (soccer) to make oneself unmarked at the passage of a teammate
  4. (nautical) to cross a short distance from the stern of another boat

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