sdrucciolare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to slip, to slide (and fall, or risk falling) (of a person)
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to glide (to move on a smooth surface), to slide, to skate
  3. (intransitive) to slip from one's grasp (of a slippery object)
  4. (figuratively, intransitive, uncommon) to wind up somewhere inconvenient (of a person speaking, or a conversation)
  5. (figuratively, intransitive, uncommon) to skip over (inconvenient details) [with su]

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exderoteolāre, from ex + de + roteolāre, from Latin rota (“wheel”). Cf. also ruzzolare.

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