ammodino

Italian

Etymology

ammodo (“well, properly”, adverb) +‎ -ino (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.moˈdi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: am‧mo‧dì‧no

Adverb

ammodino (Tuscan)

  1. properly, appropriately, right
    • 1868, Enrico Franceschi, “La proposta della signora Betta” (chapter 22), in Città e campagna: dialoghi di lingua parlata [City and countryside: dialogues in spoken language]‎[1], Turin: Enrico Moreno, page 223:
      Quando si deve, allora va singhiozzato, non mica come vien viene; ma ammodo e anche piangere ammodino.
      When it is due, then one must sigh; not just in any way, but properly; and even crying [must be done] appropriately.

References

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