spesso
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin spissus. Compare Spanish espeso, Portuguese espesso, French épais.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spesso (feminine spessa, masculine plural spessi, feminine plural spesse, superlative spessissimo)
- thick
- dense
- (now literary, in the plural) many
- 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CXXVIII — Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–3; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
- Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno / a le piaghe mortali / che nel bel corpo tuo sì spesse veggio […]
- My dear Italy, although speaking is useless to [cure] the mortal wounds that in your beautiful body I see so many […]
Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]spesso
- often
- Spesso sto a casa. ― I'm often at home.
See also
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