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scaglia.

scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈskaʎ.ʎa/
  1. scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)

    feminine
  2. flake, sliver

    feminine
  3. splinter

    feminine
  4. an unkept beard, not shaven for a long time

    feminine · obsolete
  5. a suburbanite girl, especially uncouth, (by extension) a prostitute, slut

    feminine · slang
    A scaja jo pia nbocca e sur cazzo je sbratta
Where this word comes from

From Frankish *skallija (“scale, shell”), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“scale, shell, husk”) ( > English shell), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, part, sunder, split, divide”). Compare French écaille, Sicilian scagghia.

verb/ˈskaʎ.ʎa/
  1. inflection of scagliare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of scagliare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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