imbavagliare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to gag
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to restrain from speaking, expressing opinion or acting; to silence, to censor

Synonyms

costringere a tacere

Hyphenated as
im‧ba‧va‧glià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/im.ba.vaʎˈʎa.re/
Etymology

From im- + bavaglio + -are.

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