gagliardo

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Italian

Etymology

Cognate to French gaillard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʎˈʎar.do/
  • Rhymes: -ardo
  • Hyphenation: ga‧gliàr‧do

Adjective

gagliardo (feminine gagliarda, masculine plural gagliardi, feminine plural gagliarde, superlative gagliardissimo)

  1. strong, robust, vigorous
    • 1818–1836, Giacomo Leopardi, “XLI — Dello stesso”, in Canti, lines 10–15; republished as Alessandro Donati, editor, Bari: publ. Laterza, 1917:
      Mentre è vermiglio il fiore
      di nostra etade acerba,
      l’alma vòta e superba
      cento dolci pensieri educa invano,
      né morte aspetta né vecchiezza; e nulla
      cura di morbi ha l’uom gagliardo e sano.
      When the flower of our unripe age is vermilion, the empty, haughty soul raises a hundred sweet thoughts, and expects neither death nor old age. And the healthy, vigorous man has no care for illnesses.
  2. (uncommon) brave, valiant
    • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CCLXVII — Oimè il bel viso, oimè il soave sguardo”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–4; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      Oimè il bel viso, oimè il soave sguardo,
      oimè il leggiadro portamento altero;
      oimè il parlar ch’ogni aspro ingegno et fero
      facevi humile, ed ogni huom vil gagliardo!
      Ah, the beautiful face! Ah, the gentle look! Ah, the graceful, haughty bearing! Ah, the voice that made any harsh, cruel disposition humble, and any coward brave!
  3. lively, energetic
    • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella prima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Era costei bellissima del corpo e del viso quanto alcuna altra femina fosse mai, e giovane e gagliarda e savia piú che a donna per avventura non si richiedea.
      She had a most beautiful body and face, more than any other woman; and young, and lively, and knowledgeable, more than anyone could ask a woman for.
    • 1932, “Parlami d'amore Mariù”, Ennio Neri (lyrics), Cesare Andrea Bixio (music), performed by Vittorio De Sica:
      So che una bella e gagliarda sirena sei tu / So che si perde chi guarda quegli occhi tuoi blu.
      I know you're a beautiful, lively siren; I know whoever looks into your blue eyes gets lost.
  4. forceful, strong, vigorous
    1. raging (of fire)
    2. heavy (of artillery fire)
    3. lively (of plants)
    4. strong (of wine)
    5. (Rome) strong (of coffee)
    6. effective (of medications)
  5. (phonetics, obsolete, rare) unvoiced (said of the letters S and Z)
    • 1643, Benedetto Buommattei, “S. Quanti suoni accenni [S - How many sounds it suggests]” (chapter 15), Trattato terzo - Delle lettere, in Della lingua toscana‎; republished, Florence, Verona: Pierantonio Berno, 1720, page 39:
      L’S ancora ci ſegna due ſuoni diverſi: uno gagliardo, e uno rimeſſo.
      [L'esse ancora ci segna due suoni diversi: uno gagliardo, e uno rimesso.]
      The S also shows two different sounds: an unvoiced one, and a voiced one.
    Synonyms: forte, aspro
  6. (regional) excessive (of weight)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • gagliardo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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