brividio

Italian

Etymology

From brivido (“shiver”) +‎ -io (frequentative).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bri.viˈdi.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: bri‧vi‧dì‧o

Noun

brividio m (plural brividii)

  1. (literary) an intense, prolonged shiver
    • Gli sopravvenne ¶ per le membra immortali un brividio
      a shiver crept up his immortal limbs
  2. (literary, figurative) flickering (of lights)
    • Nell’alta notte agostana ¶ sotto il perlato brividio, ¶ fuori dalla mia tana ¶ inginocchiato, riconobbi Iddio.
      In the deep August night, under the pearly flickering [of the stars], kneeling outside of my den, I recognized God.
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