traviare

Italian

Etymology

From tra + via + -are.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /traˈvja.re/, (traditional) /tra.viˈa.re/[2][3]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tra‧vià‧re, (traditional) tra‧vi‧à‧re

Verb

traviàre (first-person singular present tràvio or (traditional, careful style) travìo, first-person singular past historic traviài, past participle traviàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literary) to cause to detour, to lead away the path traveled
  2. (transitive, figurative) to lead astray, to lead down the garden path, to corrupt
  3. (intransitive, literary) to detour, to deviate from the path traveled [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to go astray, to become corrupted [auxiliary avere]

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Derived terms

References

  1. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “traviare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  2. traviare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  3. traviare in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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