scandire
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin scandō (“to climb, ascend”), from *skend- (“to jump”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editscandìre (first-person singular present scandìsco, first-person singular past historic scandìi, past participle scandìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to articulate (to pronounce clearly)
- Synonyms: sillabare, articolare, staccare, accentare, accentuare
- 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 96:
- Scandì bene le parole, annuendo con un sorriso.
- He lifted up the words and nodded at them, with his smile.
- (literally, “He articulated the words well, nodding with a smile.”)
- to mark the (passage of time) at regular intervals
- la giornata è stata scandita da una serie di impegni
- the day was marked by a series of commitments
- (poetry) to scan (to mark to show meter)
- (informal, computing) to scan (to create a digital copy)
- Synonyms: scannerizzare, scansionare, scannare
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of scandìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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