sferzata

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) whipping, lashing
2. (feminine) a stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut
3. (feminine) impetus, stimulus

Verb

feminine singular of sferzato

Concepts

lash

flogging

flagellation

tanning

whipping

stroke of the whip

lashing

Synonyms

frustata

staffilata

flagellazione

fustigazione

nerbata

scudisciata

staffilamento

curbasciata

colpo di frusta

colpo di sferza

flagellamento

Translations

coup de fouet

latigazo

azote

Peitschenhieb

Flagellation

flagelação

látigo

flagelación

zurriagazo

raillerie

flagellation

coup de queue

Etymology

From sferza (“whip, lash”) + -ata.