struggere

Italian

FWOTD – 17 May 2013

Etymology

From distruggere (to destroy) by apheresis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrudd͡ʒere/

Verb

struggere

  1. to melt or liquify
    Synonym: sciogliere
    • 2012, Carlo Botta, Storia naturale e medica dell’ isola di Corfu’, Nabu Press, page 11:
      [] ; ma essa neve presto si strugge, non potendo resistire al calore di quelle terre orientali.
      [] ; but this snow melts quickly, unable to resist those oriental lands’ heat.
  2. (figuratively) to consume slowly
    • 2000, Enrico Elli, Giuseppe Langella, Studi di letteratura italiana in onore di Francesco Mattesini, Vita e Pensiero, page 629:
      [] («l’anno si strugge in brace e in cenere», Poesie, p. 150), []
      [] («the year is consumed in embers and ashes», Poesie, pg. 150), []

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