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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi.ɡoˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spi‧go‧là‧re
Etymology 1
From spiga (“ear (of grain)”) + -olare.
Verb
spigolàre (first-person singular present spìgolo, first-person singular past historic spigolài, past participle spigolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive or intransitive, also figurative) to glean
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Etymology 2
From spigolo (“edge”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Verb
spigolàre (first-person singular present spìgolo, first-person singular past historic spigolài, past participle spigolàto, auxiliary avére)
- (skiing, intransitive) to tilt the skis by shifting one's weight on their edges
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Further reading
- spigolare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- spigolare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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