scivolare
Italian
Etymology
From Latin exsībilāre. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ʃi.voˈla.re/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sci‧vo‧là‧re
Verb
scivolàre (first-person singular present scìvolo, first-person singular past historic scivolài, past participle scivolàto, auxiliary èssere or (in some meanings) avére) (intransitive)
- to glide, to slide [auxiliary avere]
- to slip away, to leave unnoticed [auxiliary avere]
- (also figurative) to slip, to lose traction (and almost fall) [auxiliary essere or (rarely) avere]
- to slip (out of one's grasp) [auxiliary essere]
- fare scivolare qualcosa nelle mani di qualcuno ― to slip something into someone's hands
- (figurative) to pass over, to not linger on (a topic) [+ su (object)] [auxiliary essere]
- (figurative) to be postponed [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
1In some meanings.
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