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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin aquātiō (nominative form), probably borrowed from a northern Gallo-Italic language. Likely a doublet of acquazzone.
Noun
guazzo m (plural guazzi)
- puddle (of water, or other liquid)
- (Tuscan) ford, wade
- (Tuscan) alcohol
- in guazzo ― in alcohol (of fruit)
- (painting) gouache
- Synonyms: pozza, pozzanghera, lago
- Hypernym: tempera
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
guazzo
- first-person singular present indicative of guazzare
Further reading
- guazzo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- guazzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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