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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin discursus, from Latin discurrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈskor.so/
- Rhymes: -orso
- Hyphenation: di‧scór‧so
Noun
discorso m (plural discorsi)
- speech, address, discourse
- pronunciare/tenere un discorso ― to deliver a speech
- talk, conversation
- Synonyms: (informal) chiaccherata, conversazione
- subject, matter
- Synonym: argomento
- cambiare discorso ― to change the subject
- speech (faculty of language)
- discorso diretto ― direct speech
- discorso indiretto ― indirect speech
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Participle
discorso (feminine discorsa, masculine plural discorsi, feminine plural discorse)
- past participle of discorrere