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tregenda

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Via a dialect or language from Northern Italy, from Vulgar Latin *trānsienda (“which is to be passed”),[1][2] from Latin trānseō (“I traverse, go over, pass over”). Cf. also dialectal tresenda, tresanda (“lane”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /treˈd͡ʒɛn.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnda
  • Hyphenation: tre‧gèn‧da

Noun edit

tregenda f (plural tregende)

  1. sabbat, witches' Sabbath
    da or di tregenda ― horrifying, terrifying
  2. (transferred sense, rare) pandemonium, uproar
    Synonym: pandemonio
  3. misadventure, mishap
    Synonyms: disavventura, vicissitudine
  4. (dialectal, obsolete) path, track
    Synonyms: sentiero, viottolo

References edit

  1. ^ tregenda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “tregenda”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 21, page 297

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