dire addio

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, to say adieu. Compare French dire adieu.

Verb

dìre addio (first-person singular present dìco addio, first-person singular past historic dìssi addio, past participle détto addio, first-person singular imperfect dicévo addio, second-person singular imperative dì' addio or (with syntactic gemination after the verb, with written accent) addio, auxiliary avére)

  1. (also figurative) to say goodbye
    • 2020, Soul, spoken by Libba Gardner (Phylicia Rashad), Disney; Pixar:
      Con questo lavoro potrai dire addio a quelle inutili esibizioni.
      With this job, you'll be able to put that dead-end gigging behind you.
      (literally, “With this job, you will be able to say goodbye to those useless performances.”)