sgobbare

Meaning

1. (informal, intransitive) to slog or slave away (work very hard)
2. (informal, intransitive) to swot or cram

Concepts

swot

grind away

plug away

cram

swot up

slave

bone

🦴

bone up

mug up

drum

🥁

get up

work one’s butt off

work someone’s ass off

to tramp

break one’s back

buckle down

drudge

knuckle down

labour

oxes

slog

keep one’s nose to the grindstone

peg away

keep one’s shoulder to the wheel

Synonyms

sfacchinare

sudare

😓

studiare attentamente

scannarsi

sgropponare

picchiare

sfaticare

faticare

Translations

bûcher

trimer

empollar

mourejar

potasser

büffeln

bachoter

μου βγαίνει ο κώλος

roboten

schlagen

peiner

besogner

os

🦴

travailler comme un forcené

sich den Arsch aufreißen

Hyphenated as

sgob‧bà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɡobˈba.re/

Etymology

From s- + gobbo (“hunchback”) + -are, from the sense of "to work to the point of becoming a hunchback."