fatica
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ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin *fatīga, from Latin fatīgō (“I tire, weary”).
NounEdit
fatica f (plural fatiche)
- effort, endeavour, work (physical or mental)
- (figuratively) difficulty
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a fatica ― with difficulty
- Synonyms: difficoltà
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- labour, labor, toil, fatigue
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1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback, in Italian), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto II, lines 1–3, page 21:
- Lo giorno se n'andava, e l'aere bruno ¶ toglieva gli animai che sono in terra ¶ da le fatiche loro
- Day was departing, and the embrowned air ¶ released the animals that are on earth ¶ from their fatigues
- Lo giorno se n'andava, e l'aere bruno ¶ toglieva gli animai che sono in terra ¶ da le fatiche loro
- Synonyms: lavoro, opera
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- tiredness, exhaustion, weariness, fatigue
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Dopo una giornata di lavoro, inizio a sentire la fatica. ― After a day's work, I start to feel the tiredness.
- Synonyms: affaticamento, stanchezza
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from fatica
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Terms related to fatica
Etymology 2Edit
See etymology on the main entry.
VerbEdit
fatica