gragnola
Italian
Alternative forms
- gragnuola (literary)
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin root *grandeola, from Latin grandō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraɲˈɲɔ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɔla
- Hyphenation: gra‧gnò‧la
Noun
gragnola f (plural gragnole)
- hail, shower, flood, torrent (figurative, of abuse etc.)
- Synonym: scarica
- (meteorology) ice pellets
Related terms
Verb
gragnola
- inflection of gragnolare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- gragnola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana