zavorra

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin saburra.

Noun[edit]

zavorra f (plural zavorre)

  1. ballast, either in the hold of a ship or thrown out from a balloon
  2. (figurative) junk, anything unwanted (a "white elephant")
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

zavorra

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ zavorra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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