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See also: Gagliardo
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gagliardo (feminine gagliarda, masculine plural gagliardi, feminine plural gagliarde, superlative gagliardissimo)
- strong, robust, vigorous
- 1818–1836, Giacomo Leopardi, “XLI — Dello stesso”, in Canti, lines 10–15; republished as Alessandro Donati, editor, Bari: publ. Laterza, 1917:
- Mentre è vermiglio il fiore
di nostra etade acerba,
l’alma vòta e superba
cento dolci pensieri educa invano,
né morte aspetta né vecchiezza; e nulla
cura di morbi ha l’uom gagliardo e sano.- When the flower of our unripe age is vermilion, the empty, haughty soul raises a hundred sweet thoughts, and expects neither death nor old age. And the healthy, vigorous man has no care for illnesses.
- (uncommon) brave, valiant
- 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CCLXVII — Oimè il bel viso, oimè il soave sguardo”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–4; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
- Oimè il bel viso, oimè il soave sguardo,
oimè il leggiadro portamento altero;
oimè il parlar ch’ogni aspro ingegno et fero
facevi humile, ed ogni huom vil gagliardo!- Ah, the beautiful face! Ah, the gentle look! Ah, the graceful, haughty bearing! Ah, the voice that made any harsh, cruel disposition humble, and any coward brave!
- lively, energetic
- 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella prima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:
- Era costei bellissima del corpo e del viso quanto alcuna altra femina fosse mai, e giovane e gagliarda e savia piú che a donna per avventura non si richiedea.
- She had a most beautiful body and face, more than any other woman; and young, and lively, and knowledgeable, more than anyone could ask a woman for.
- 1932, “Parlami d'amore Mariù”, Ennio Neri (lyrics), Cesare Andrea Bixio (music), performed by Vittorio De Sica:
- So che una bella e gagliarda sirena sei tu / So che si perde chi guarda quegli occhi tuoi blu.
- I know you're a beautiful, lively siren; I know whoever looks into your blue eyes gets lost.
- forceful, strong, vigorous
- (phonetics, obsolete, rare) unvoiced (said of the letters S and Z)
- 1643, Benedetto Buommattei, “S. Quanti suoni accenni [S - How many sounds it suggests]” (chapter 15), Trattato terzo - Delle lettere, in Della lingua toscana[2]; republished, Florence, Verona: Pierantonio Berno, 1720, page 39:
- L’S ancora ci ſegna due ſuoni diverſi: uno gagliardo, e uno rimeſſo.
- [L'esse ancora ci segna due suoni diversi: uno gagliardo, e uno rimesso.]
- The S also shows two different sounds: an unvoiced one, and a voiced one.
- (regional) excessive (of weight)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- gagliardo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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