randagio

Italian

Etymology

Probably from randa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ranˈda.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -adʒo
  • Hyphenation: ran‧dà‧gio

Adjective

randagio (feminine randagia, masculine plural randagi, feminine plural randagie or randage)

  1. stray (cat or dog)
    • 1947, Primo Levi, “Il viaggio”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 12:
      Alcuni pochi si erano consegnati spontaneamente, o perché ridotti alla disperazione dalla vita randagia, o perché privi di mezzi, o per non separarsi da un congiunto catturato, o anche, assurdamente, per «mettersi in ordine con la legge».
      A select few surrendered spontaneously, either because they had been reduced to desperation from stray life, or because of a lack of funds, or in order to not be separated from a captured relative, or even, absurdly, in order to "put themselves in order with the law".

Noun

randagio m (plural randagi)

  1. stray (cat or dog)

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