svalvolare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From s- +‎ valvola (valve) +‎ -are. First attested in 1995.

Verb[edit]

svalvolàre (first-person singular present svàlvolo, first-person singular past historic svalvolài, past participle svalvolàto, auxiliary avére) (informal)

  1. (automotive, intransitive) to race, to overrun, to redline (of an engine) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: mandare fuori giri
  2. (electronics, by extension, intransitive) to stop working; to break down [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: guastarsi
  3. (figurative, by extension, intransitive) to go crazy, to go nuts, to be out of one's mind, to come unhinged [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: uscire fuori di testa, delirare; see also Thesaurus:sragionare
  4. (transitive, also figurative, very rare) to cause (an engine, one's heart, etc.) to overrun or redline

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