Squagliare (transl. To melt)

🗓️ 21 giugno 2024 — If you are in Italy right now, you may make use of this word immediately.

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🎙️ COME SI PRONUNCIA?

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VERBO IN -ARE | REGOLARE

To Melt.

🇮🇹 Sciogliere per mezzo del calore.
🇬🇧 To melt through heat.

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💬 ESEMPI

Il Sole ha squagliato il mio gelato.
The Sun melted my ice cream.

Squaglio il burro nella pentola e poi aggiungo la salvia.
I melt the butter in the pot and then add the sage.

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📚 ESPRESSIONI UTILI

Squagliarsi

→ To melt (reflexive)

Il burro si è squagliato in padella.
The butter melted in the pan.

Mi sto squagliando

→ To sweat excessively due to the heat

Fa troppo caldo: mi sto squagliando.
It’s too hot: I’m melting down (physically, exaggeration)

Squagliarsela

→ To flee, To take off

Appena hanno sentito la polizia, i ladri se la sono squagliata.
As soon as they heard the police, the thieves took off.

Mi squaglio

→ To be overwhelmed by emotion, to be moved

Ogni volta che vedo un cucciolo di cane, mi squaglio.
Every time I see a puppy, I melt.

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🔎 L’ORIGINE DELLA PAROLA

🇮🇹 Squagliare deriva dal verbo "quagliare", variante di “cagliare” (coagulare il latte per fare il formaggio). L’aggiunta del prefisso "s-" indica il contrario → “sciogliere”.

🇬🇧 Squagliare derives from the verb "quagliare," a variant of “cagliare” (to coagulate milk to make cheese). Adding the prefix "s-" indicates the opposite → “to melt.”

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👉 YOUR TURN

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