drago

See also: Drago, dragó, and dragò

Catalan

Verb

drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Italian

Alternative forms

  • draco (obsolete, literary)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdra.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: drà‧go

Etymology 1

From earlier draco, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare dragone, from the Latin accusative form.

Noun

drago m (plural draghi)

  1. dragon (legendary creature)
    Synonym: dragone
    • early-mid 1310smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 130–132; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Poi parve a me che la terra s’aprisse
      tr’ambo le ruote, e vidi uscirne un drago
      che per lo carro sù la coda fisse
      Then it seemed to me the earth split open under the two wheels, and I saw a dragon come out of there, who stuck his tail in the carriage
    • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto quintodecimo [Fifteenth canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 62:
      Vide Leoni e Draghi pien di tosco,
      Et altre fere a traversarsi il calle
      He saw lions, and dragons packed with venom, and other beasts roaming on the path
  2. (figurative, informal) expert, whizz
  3. (figurative, informal, uncommon) a violent or impetuous person
  4. (heraldry) dragon
  5. (uncommon) kite (flying toy)
    Synonym: aquilone
  6. (zoology) any lizard of the Draco taxonomic genus
Derived terms

Further reading

  • drago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragare

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾa.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾa.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɾa.ɡu/ [ˈdɾa.ɣu]

Etymology 1

From Latin dracō via the nominative form. Now replaced by dragão, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

Noun

drago m (plural dragos)

  1. (obsolete) dragon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Romani

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian drag, Romanian drag, Bulgarian драг (drag).

Adjective

drago (plural dragi)

  1. dear
  2. darling
  3. beloved

Noun

drago m

  1. affection
  2. enjoyment
    Drágo mánge te gilabav ánde lávuta.
    I enjoy playing the fiddle.
  3. fun
  4. pleasure
    Che drágo!
    What pleasure!
  5. preference

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drâːɡo/
  • Hyphenation: dra‧go

Adverb

drȃgo (Cyrillic spelling дра̑го)

  1. to be glad, pleased, delighted (in copulative constructs)
    drago mi jeI am glad
    bilo joj je jako dragoshe was very pleased
    što god ti dragowhatever/anything you like
    kako ti dragoas you like it

Adjective

drago

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of drag

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾaɡo/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Syllabification: dra‧go

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Doublet of dragón, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

Noun

drago m (plural dragos)

  1. the dragon tree
Derived terms

Verb

drago

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Further reading

Anagrams

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