davvero

Meaning

  1. really, in fact
  2. certainly, seriously
  3. actually

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
dav‧vé‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/davˈve.ro/
Etymology

Univerbation of da + vero. The pronunciation with -vv- is due to the word's spelling being fossilized with the syntactic gemination of the traditional (Tuscan) pronunciation of da. The pronunciation with a single -v- reflects the regional and now standard pronunciation of da.

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