Italian edit

Etymology edit

From impelagar(si) (to get involved, mixed up), by replacing the prefix in- with s-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spe.laˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spe‧la‧gà‧re

Verb edit

spelagàre (first-person singular present spèlago, first-person singular past historic spelagài, past participle spelagàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (archaic, rare)

  1. (transitive) to get (someone) out of a difficult situation
  2. (intransitive) to get out of a difficult situation [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading edit

  • spelagare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana