trasognato

Italian

Adjective

trasognato (feminine trasognata, masculine plural trasognati, feminine plural trasognate)

1. dreamy, absent-minded
   • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:

     Adesso parlava in modo quasi trasognato. In faccia gli si leggevano ancora l'esaltazione e l'entusiasmo del folle.

     His voice had grown almost dreamy. The exaltation, the lunatic enthusiasm, was still in his face.

     (literally, “He now spoke in an almost dreamy way. The exaltation and enthusiasm of the madman still showed in his face.”)

2. (literary, rare) spellbound

Participle

trasognato (invariable)

1. past participle of trasognare