angusto
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin angustus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰu-, from *h₂enǵʰ-. The correspondence of Latin short /u/ to Italian /u/ (rather than Italian /o/ as in agosto, mosto) indicates that the form is possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare gusto).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editangusto (feminine angusta, masculine plural angusti, feminine plural anguste)
- narrow
- l'idea angusta e provinciale dell'«agitatore che viene da fuori»
- the narrow and provincial "outside agitator" idea
- stupid; mentally dull
- un'idea angusta ― a stupid idea
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- angusto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /anˈɡus.toː/, [äŋˈɡʊs̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈɡus.to/, [äŋˈɡust̪o]
Verb
editangustō (present infinitive angustāre, perfect active angustāvī, supine angustātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Aromanian: ngustu, ngustedz
- Romanian: îngusta
- Spanish: angostar
- → Albanian: ngushtoj (early borrowing)
References
edit- “angusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “angusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- angusto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
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- Italian lemmas
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enǵʰ-
- Latin terms suffixed with -o (denominative)
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin first conjugation verbs with perfect in -av-