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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sotˈtɛr.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛrra
- Hyphenation: sot‧tèr‧ra
Etymology 1
From Latin sub terrā (“under the ground”).
Adverb
sotterra
- underground
- Synonym: sottoterra
1567, Ricettario fiorentino, page 4:La radice è quella, che nascosta sotterra tira à modo di bocca il nutrimento.- The root is that which, hidden underground, sucks the nutrients like a mouth.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sotterra
- inflection of sotterrare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- sotterra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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