Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exvagāre, from Latin ēvagārī (to wander off), from vagor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zvaˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sva‧gà‧re

Verb

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svagàre (first-person singular present svàgo, first-person singular past historic svagài, past participle svagàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to amuse
    Synonym: divertire
  2. (transitive) to distract (to take someone's mind off something)
    Synonym: distrarre

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • svagare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • svagare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Swedish

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Adjective

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svagare

  1. comparative degree of svag

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