smagliare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to unravel (a knitted garment, e.g. socks, stockings)
  2. (transitive) to unlink (a chain, chain mail, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to cause stretch marks in (skin)
  4. (figuratively, literary, transitive) to frighten, to dismay
  5. (archaic, transitive) to untie (bales, crates, and other tied-up items)
  6. (archaic, transitive) to break, to smash
  7. (transitive) to remove (fish) from the mesh of a fishing net

Etymology

From s- + maglia + -are.

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