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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Germanic language, presumably Gothic, representing Proto-Germanic *grimmiþō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrin.ta/
- Rhymes: -inta
- Hyphenation: grìn‧ta
Noun
grinta f (plural grinte)
- (literary or rare) frowning facial expression
- Synonym: grugno
- determination, grit
- Synonyms: aggressività, decisione, determinazione, risolutezza, vigore, carattere
1893, Emma Perodi, “Lo stemma sanguinoso”, in Le novelle della nonna:Anche se non portasse il suo misfatto scritto in petto, la grinta lo denunzierebbe per traditore.- Even if he did not have his misdeed written on his chest, his determination would denounce him as a traitor.
Derived terms
Descendants
- →? Albanian: grindë (“quarrel”)
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “131”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI