pigro
Italian
Etymology
Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pigrum. See also peritarsi, which was inherited from a derivative verb pīgritārī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɡro/
- Rhymes: -iɡro
- Hyphenation: pì‧gro
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Adjective
pigro (feminine pigra, masculine plural pigri, feminine plural pigre, superlative pigrissimo)
- lazy
- Synonyms: fannullone, ozioso, sfaccendato, svogliato
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Esperanto: pigra
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɡroː/, [ˈpɪɡroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɡro/, [ˈpiːɡro]
Conjugation
References
- “pigro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pigro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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