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singhiozzo

singhiozzo

See also: singhiozzò

Italian

Noun

singhiozzo m ‎(plural singhiozzi)

  1. sob
  2. hiccup, singultus

Related terms

Verb

singhiozzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of singhiozzare

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *singlutius, ultimately from Latin singultus. Compare French sanglot, Venetian sangiuto. Compare also Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț, Spanish sollozo, Sicilian sugghiuzzu, from *suggluttium.

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