sdoganare

Italian

Etymology

From s- + dogana (customs) + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zdo.ɡaˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sdo‧ga‧nà‧re

Verb

sdoganàre (first-person singular present sdogàno, first-person singular past historic sdoganài, past participle sdoganàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to clear through customs
  2. (figurative, politics, journalistic) to rehabilitate, to relegitimize (people, ideologies)
    Synonym: legittimare
    • 2020 July 24, “Ocasio-Cortez interviene in Congresso sull'insulto sessista di un deputato. E il discorso sulla "cultura dell'impunità" diventa virale”, in la Repubblica:
      Sì, la millennial che ha sdoganato la parola socialista in America, imponendosi nel 2018 come simbolo del cambiamento, ha davvero deciso di farla pagare a quel deputato della Florida che l'ha insultata, al termine di un acceso scontro sui motivi dell'impennata del crimine in numerose città, compresa New York.
      Yes, the millennial that has made the word "socialist" acceptable again in America, imposing herself in 2018 as a symbol of change, has really decided to make that Florida representative pay for insulting her, after a heated clash over the reasons for the surge in crime in many cities, including New York.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.