slittare.
to sled, to glide downwards (on a snowy slope, by gravity)
Meaning & usage
to sled, to glide downwards (on a snowy slope, by gravity)
to slide, to slip, to skid (of motor vehicles)
to slip (of wheels, pulleys, the clutch, etc.)
to fall in value, to slide [auxiliary essere or avere] (of a currency, stock, etc.)
to be postponed or put off [with di or a ‘by (some time)’]
la riunione è slittata di tre giorni
to stray from the party line; to deviate from political orthodoxy; to deviate; to diverge [with a or verso or su ‘towards a particular political position’]
slittare verso posizioni reazionarie
Where this word comes from
Uncertain; possibly ultimately from Germanic: compare Old High German slītan (“to slide”). Compare also Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese deslizar. By surface analysis, slitta + -are. Cognate with Piedmontese slité.
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