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Italian
Etymology
From tra- + salire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tra.saˈli.re/, /tra.zaˈli.re/[1]
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: tra‧sa‧lì‧re
Verb
trasalìre (first-person singular present trasalìsco, first-person singular past historic trasalìi, past participle trasalìto, auxiliary avére or èssere)
- (intransitive) to jump, to start (to jolt or jump out of sudden and intense emotion)
- Synonyms: sobbalzare, sussultare, balzare, saltare, tremare, scattare, spaventarsi, impaurirsi
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Trasalì e fu sul punto di gridare, attraversato da uno spasmo lancinante.- He started and almost cried out. A pang of pain had shot through his body.
- (literally, “He started and was on the verge of yelling, traversed by a shooting spasm.”)
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