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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *exderoteolāre, from ex + de + roteolāre, from Latin rota (“wheel”). Cf. also ruzzolare.
Verb
sdrucciolàre (first-person singular present sdrùcciolo, first-person singular past historic sdrucciolài, past participle sdrucciolàto, auxiliary (in most meanings) èssere or (in some meanings) avére) (intransitive)
- to slip, to slide (and fall, or risk falling) (of a person)
- Synonym: scivolare
- (uncommon) to glide (to move on a smooth surface), to slide, to skate
- to slip from one's grasp (of a slippery object)
- (figurative, uncommon) to wind up somewhere inconvenient (of a person speaking, or a conversation)
- (figurative, uncommon) to skip over (inconvenient details)
Usage notes
- Treccani and Hoepli disagree on the auxiliary used in meaning 2 (to glide on a smooth surface), with Treccani specifying essere and Hoepli avere. In the basic meaning "to slip", essere is more common.
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