sotterfugio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugio (“to flee”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sot.terˈfu.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -udʒo
  • Hyphenation: sot‧ter‧fù‧gio

Noun

sotterfugio m (plural sotterfugi)

  1. subterfuge

Further reading
  • sotterfugio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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