singhiozzare
Meaning
- (intransitive) to sob
- (intransitive) to hiccup
Synonyms
avere il singhiozzo
singultare
piangere amaramente
piangere a dirotto
singultire
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sin‧ghioz‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sin.ɡjotˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *singluttiāre, from singultiāre, from Latin singultāre, from singultus (“sobbing”). The (Vulgar) Latin was altered under the influence of gluttiō, gluttīre. Compare French sangloter. Compare also Portuguese soluçar, Romanian sughița, Spanish sollozar, from *suggluttiāre.
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