sveglio

See also: svegliò

Italian

Etymology 1

From the short past participle of svegliare (“to wake up”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle svegliato (“woken up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzveʎ.ʎo/
• Rhymes: -eʎʎo
• Hyphenation: své‧glio

Adjective

sveglio (feminine sveglia, masculine plural svegli, feminine plural sveglie)

1. awake

   Synonym: (literary) desto

   Antonym: addormentato

2. (figuratively, by extension) alert; ready
3. (informal) cunning

   Synonyms: accorto, furbo, smaliziato

   Antonym: ingenuo

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzveʎ.ʎo/
• Rhymes: -eʎʎo
• Hyphenation: své‧glio

Verb

sveglio

1. first-person singular present indicative of svegliare

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzvɛʎ.ʎo/
• Rhymes: -ɛʎʎo
• Hyphenation: svè‧glio

Verb

sveglio

1. first-person singular present indicative of svegliere

Further reading

• Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.