slittare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; possibly ultimately from Germanic: compare Old High German slītan (to slide) (< Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (to be slippery, slide)). Compare also Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese deslizar. By surface analysis, slitta +‎ -are. Cognate with Piedmontese slité.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zlitˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: slit‧tà‧re

Verb[edit]

slittàre (first-person singular present slìtto, first-person singular past historic slittài, past participle slittàto, auxiliary (in all meanings) avére or (in all meanings except "to sled") èssere) (intransitive)

  1. (rare) to sled, to glide downwards (on a snowy slope, by gravity) [auxiliary avere]
  2. to slide, to slip, to skid (of motor vehicles) [auxiliary essere or avere]
    Synonym: scivolare
  3. to slip (of wheels, pulleys, the clutch, etc.) [auxiliary essere or avere]
  4. (intransitive, economics, finance) to fall in value, to slide [auxiliary essere or avere] (of a currency, stock, etc.)
    Synonyms: ribassare, svalutarsi
  5. to be postponed or put off [+ di (object) = by (some time)] or [+ a (object) = by] [auxiliary essere or avere]
    Synonyms: tardare, essere rimandato; see also Thesaurus:rinviare
    la riunione è slittata di tre giorni
    the meeting has been postponed for three days
  6. (politics, transitive with a or verso or su) to stray from the party line; to deviate from political orthodoxy; to deviate; to diverge [auxiliary essere or avere]
    Synonyms: allontanarsi, deviare, sviare
    slittare verso posizioni reazionarie
    to deviate towards reactionary positions

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