pigliare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piliāre, from Late Latin pilāre, from Latin pilus. Compare Neapolitan piglià, French piller, Old French pillier, Sicilian pigghiari, Spanish pillar, Portuguese pilhar.

Pronunciation

Verb

pigliàre (first-person singular present pìglio, first-person singular past historic pigliài, past participle pigliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, informal)

  1. (transitive, informal) to grab
    Synonym: afferrare
    pigliare un ragazzo per i capellito grab a boy by the hair
  2. (transitive, informal) to catch
    Synonyms: acchiappare, acciuffare
    pigliare un raffreddoreto catch a cold
  3. (transitive, informal) to take
    Synonym: prendere
    pigliare un maritoto take a husband
    pigliare una stradato take a road
    la ho pigliato con meI took her with me
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to take root (of a plant)
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to set (of varnish, stucco, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: pillar
  • Portuguese: pilhar

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Verb

pigliare

  1. Alternative form of pegliare (to take)