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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧glià‧re

Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin *coāglāre, *quāglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre. Compare French cailler, Portuguese coalhar, Spanish cuajar, Sicilian cuagghiari, Sardinian cazare or cracare. See also the borrowed doublet coagulare.

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Verb

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cagliàre (first-person singular present càglio, first-person singular past historic cagliài, past participle cagliàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to curdle [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive) to curdle
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish callar (to be silent).

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cagliàre (first-person singular present càglio, first-person singular past historic cagliài, past participle cagliàto, auxiliary avére or èssere) (intransitive, archaic)

  1. to lose heart, to be afraid
  2. to be silent, to keep quiet
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