smagliare
Italian
Verb
smagliàre (first-person singular present smàglio, first-person singular past historic smagliài, past participle smagliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to unravel (a knitted garment, e.g. socks, stockings)
- to unlink (a chain, chain mail, etc.)
- (medicine) to cause stretch marks in (skin)
- (figurative, literary) to frighten, to dismay
- (archaic) to untie (bales, crates, and other tied-up items)
- (archaic) to break, to smash
- (fishing) to remove (fish) from the mesh of a fishing net
Conjugation
Related terms
- maglia
- smagliarsi
- smagliato
- smagliatore
- smagliatura
Etymology 2
Probably borrowed from Old French esmailler (“to enamel; to decorate with bright colors”); compare French émailler.[1]
Verb
smagliàre (first-person singular present smàglio, first-person singular past historic smagliài, past participle smagliàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive, archaic or rare)
Conjugation
References
- smagliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
Anagrams
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