defilarsi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fiˈlar.si/
- Rhymes: -arsi
- Hyphenation: de‧fi‧làr‧si
Verb
defilàrsi (first-person singular present mi defìlo, first-person singular past historic mi defilài, past participle defilàto)
- reflexive of defilare
- to slip away
- (military) to escape from the sight or gunfire of the enemy
- la compagnia si è defilata dalla raffica di spari
- the battalion escaped from the gunfire
- to hide or escape from an embarrassing situation
- to skirt (an obligation, commitment, etc.)
- quando intavolammo il discorso dei compiti, lui si è defilato istantaneamente
- when we started talking about the homework, he slipped away instantly
- (military) to escape from the sight or gunfire of the enemy
- (soccer) to make oneself unmarked at the passage of a teammate
- (nautical) to cross a short distance from the stern of another boat
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