Adjective: angusto
Hyphenation: an‧gù‧sto
| Singular m. | angusto |
| Singular f. | angusta |
| Plural m. | angusti |
| Plural f. | anguste |
Sample Sentences
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l'idea angusta e provinciale dell'«agitatore che viene da fuori» (the narrow and provincial "outside agitator" idea)
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un'idea angusta (a stupid idea)
Adjectives inflected like angusto
periurbano,
rigenerativo,
ionizzato,
surrogato,
monferrino,
coscienzioso,
palesato,
urinoso,
megadiverso,
autovalutativo,
sfatto,
sfitto,
tiburtino,
evacuato,
meschino,
angloamericano,
moltiplicativo,
sessantaseiesimo,
transgiordano,
sereno, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Latin angustus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-. The correspondence of Latin short /u/ to Italian /u/ (rather than Italian /o/ as in agosto, mosto) indicates that the form is possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare gusto). See: Latin Adjectives '
angustus'.
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