vaglio

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See also: vagliò

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From vagliare, from Vulgar Latin *valliāre, from Latin vallus, from Proto-Indo-European *wal- (“stick, stake”).

Noun

vaglio m (plural vagli)

  1. sieve
  2. (figurative, by extension) examination, scrutiny
    sottoporre al vaglio ― to screen (literally, “to put at scrutiny”)
    al vaglio c'è anche un episodio di aggressione
    there's also an episode of aggression under consideration
    la teoria non regge al vaglio
    the theory does not stand up to scrutiny
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vaglio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vagliare

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