sotterra

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sotˈtɛr.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrra
  • Hyphenation: sot‧tèr‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin sub terrā (“under the ground”).

Adverb

sotterra

  1. underground
    Synonym: sottoterra
    • 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎[1], page 4:
      La radice è quella, che nascosta sotterra tira à modo di bocca il nutrimento.
      The root is that which, hidden underground, sucks the nutrients like a mouth.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sotterra

  1. inflection of sotterrare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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