svelto – Italian adjective declension

Italian adjective forms of svelto

Adjective: svelto

Hyphenation: svèl‧to svél‧to
Singular m.svelto
Singular f.svelta
Plural m.svelti
Plural f.svelte

Sample Sentences

  • Svelto! (Hurry up!)
  • Chi è svelto a mangiare è svelto a lavorare. (He who is a quick eater is a quick worker.)
  • è una ragazza svelta (she is a quick-witted girl)

Etymology

Past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from Latin vellere (“to pluck, stretch”), perhaps influenced by Spanish suelto (“free; agile”). See: Spanish Adjectives 'suelto'.

Verbs referencing "svelto"

English Adjectives svelte, French Adjectives svelte, Catalan Adjectives esvelt, Romanian Adjectives zvelt.

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