angusto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin angustus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰu-, from *h₂enǵʰ-. The correspondence of Latin short /u/ to Italian /u/ (rather than Italian /o/ as in agosto, mosto) indicates that the form is possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare gusto).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡus.to/
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: an‧gù‧sto

Adjective

angusto (feminine angusta, masculine plural angusti, feminine plural anguste)

  1. narrow
    l'idea angusta e provinciale dell'«agitatore che viene da fuori»
    the narrow and provincial "outside agitator" idea
  2. stupid; mentally dull
    un'idea angustaa stupid idea

Derived terms

Further reading

  • angusto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From angustus +‎ .

Verb

angustō (present infinitive angustāre, perfect active angustāvī, supine angustātum); first conjugation

  1. to narrow, reduce in width or size
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Aromanian: ngustu, ngustedz
  • Romanian: îngusta
  • Spanish: angostar
  • Albanian: ngushtoj (early borrowing)
References
  • angusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • angusto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • angusto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

Adjective

angustō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of angustus