sfagliare

Meaning

1. (intransitive, transitive) to discard (a playing card)
2. (intransitive) to jink, to swerve apruptly (of a horse)

Concepts

jink

Translations

arrojar

descartar

zigzaguer

Etymology

From s- + fagliare, from Spanish fallar (“to discard (a card)”). In the sense "to swerve abruptly", influenced by the homophony between scartare (“to discard (a card)”) and scartare (“to swerve abruptly”) (of diferent origins).