sguazzare

From s- +‎ guazzare (“to wallow, splash”).

• IPA^(key): /zɡwatˈt͡sa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: sguaz‧zà‧re

sguazzàre (first-person singular present sguàzzo, first-person singular past historic sguazzài, past participle sguazzàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]

1. (also figurative) to wallow or splash about [+ in (object) = in]

   Synonyms: guazzare, nuotare, galleggiare

   • 2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 10:

     Mia madre però si era convinta che avevo bisogno di nuove cure, così mi ha portato dal dottor Jim, il mio medico di base, il quale ha confermato che stavo sguazzando in una paralizzante e certo clinica depressione, e che perciò i miei farmaci dovevano essere rivisti e dovevo anche frequentare un gruppo di supporto.

     But my mom believed I required treatment, so she took me to see my Regular Doctor Jim, who agreed that I was veritably swimming in a paralyzing and totally clinical depression, and that therefore my meds should be adjusted and also I should attend a weekly Support Group.

     (literally, “My mother, however, had convinced herself that I needed new cures, so she brought me to doctor Jim, my primary care physician, who confirmed that I was wallowing in a paralyzing and certainly clinical depression, and that my medications should therefore be revisisted and I also had to attend a support group.”)

2. (intransitive) to be comfortable or at ease [+ in (a situation) = in]
3. (intransitive) to wear [+ in (baggy clothes)]

   Synonym: starci largo

   sguazzare nella gonna ― to wear a baggy dress

4. (intransitive, literary) to have a good time

   Synonyms: passarsela bene, godersela, divertirsi, gioire

• sguazzamento

• → Catalan: desguassar
• → Spanish: esguazar

• sguazzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• sguazzare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

• sguazzerà