svalvolare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom s- + valvola (“valve”) + -are. First attested in 1995.
Verb
editsvalvolàre (first-person singular present svàlvolo, first-person singular past historic svalvolài, past participle svalvolàto, auxiliary avére) (informal)
- (automotive, intransitive) to race, to overrun, to redline (of an engine) [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: mandare fuori giri
- (electronics, by extension, intransitive) to stop working; to break down [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: guastarsi
- (figurative, by extension, intransitive) to go crazy, to go nuts, to be out of one's mind, to come unhinged [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: uscire fuori di testa, delirare; see also Thesaurus:sragionare
- (transitive, also figurative, very rare) to cause (an engine, one's heart, etc.) to overrun or redline
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of svalvolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)