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singhiozzare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to sob
  2. (intransitive) to hiccup

Synonyms

avere il singhiozzo

singultare

piangere amaramente

piangere a dirotto

singultire

Frequency

47k
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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