"mazzafrusto" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmat.t͡saˈfrus.to/ Forms: mazzafrusti [plural]
Rhymes: -usto Etymology: From mazza (“club, mace”) + frusto (“whip”). Etymology templates: {{af|it|mazza<t:club, mace>|frusto<t:whip>}} mazza (“club, mace”) + frusto (“whip”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} mazzafrusto m (plural mazzafrusti)
  1. (weaponry) flail, chain mace Tags: masculine Related terms: mazza chiodata, mazza ferrata

Inflected forms

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        "1": "it",
        "2": "mazza<t:club, mace>",
        "3": "frusto<t:whip>"
      },
      "expansion": "mazza (“club, mace”) + frusto (“whip”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mazza (“club, mace”) + frusto (“whip”).",
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    {
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  ],
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "maz‧za‧frù‧sto"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "maz‧za‧frù‧sto"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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          ],
          "english": "Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse, and drives it towards the water with a flail.",
          "ref": "1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 30”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 11; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:",
          "text": "Orlando urta il cavallo e batte e stringe,\ne con un mazzafrusto all’acqua spinge.",
          "translation": "Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse, and drives it towards the water with a flail.",
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        },
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          "english": "L, the arsenal / M, medieval / N, (it's Christmas) and I'm getting a flail",
          "ref": "2019, “Ninna nanna del feudo [Fiefdom lullaby]”, in Valerio Storch (lyrics), Valerio Storch and Maurizio Cardullo (music), Vol. I [Vol[ume] 1], performed by Bardomagno:",
          "text": "L, l'arsenale / M, medievale / N, (è Natale) e un mazzafrusto io avrò",
          "translation": "L, the arsenal / M, medieval / N, (it's Christmas) and I'm getting a flail",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "flail, chain mace"
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        [
          "chain",
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        ],
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          "mace",
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        ]
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        "(weaponry) flail, chain mace"
      ],
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-usto"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
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    "maz‧za‧frù‧sto"
  ],
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    {
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        "maz‧za‧frù‧sto"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "mazza ferrata"
    }
  ],
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        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Rhymes:Italian/usto",
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        "it:Weapons"
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          ],
          "english": "Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse, and drives it towards the water with a flail.",
          "ref": "1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 30”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 11; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:",
          "text": "Orlando urta il cavallo e batte e stringe,\ne con un mazzafrusto all’acqua spinge.",
          "translation": "Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse, and drives it towards the water with a flail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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            [
              50,
              61
            ]
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              69,
              74
            ]
          ],
          "english": "L, the arsenal / M, medieval / N, (it's Christmas) and I'm getting a flail",
          "ref": "2019, “Ninna nanna del feudo [Fiefdom lullaby]”, in Valerio Storch (lyrics), Valerio Storch and Maurizio Cardullo (music), Vol. I [Vol[ume] 1], performed by Bardomagno:",
          "text": "L, l'arsenale / M, medievale / N, (è Natale) e un mazzafrusto io avrò",
          "translation": "L, the arsenal / M, medieval / N, (it's Christmas) and I'm getting a flail",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flail, chain mace"
      ],
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        [
          "weaponry",
          "weaponry"
        ],
        [
          "flail",
          "flail"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "mace",
          "mace"
        ]
      ],
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        "(weaponry) flail, chain mace"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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        "engineering",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmat.t͡saˈfrus.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-usto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mazzafrusto"
}

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