pazienza

See also: Pazienza

Italian

Alternative forms

  • pacenza, pacenzia, pacienza (obsolete or regional)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin patientia, derived from patiēns, present active participle of patior (“to suffer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /patˈt͡sjɛn.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntsa
  • Hyphenation: pa‧zièn‧za
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Noun

pazienza f (plural pazienze)

  1. patience, endurance, forbearance
    Synonyms: alma, sopportazione, tolleranza
    Antonym: impazienza
  2. (rare or obsolete) suffering
    Synonyms: patimento, sofferenza
  3. (nautical) synonym of cavigliera (“belaying rack”)
  4. synonym of erba pazienza (“patience dock”)

Interjection

pazienza

  1. oh well, too bad, never mind

Further reading

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

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