🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

urlare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /urˈla.re/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shout/ʃaʊt/
verbnounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Non serve a nulla urlare."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To utter a loud, clear cry or to speak in a very loud voice, typically as an expression of strong emotion.

    "She had to shout to make herself heard over the roaring crowd."
As noun
  1. 1

    A loud, piercing cry or utterance expressing a strong emotion, pain, or urgency.

    "A sudden shout broke the quiet stillness of the forest."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'shouten', of uncertain origin, possibly related to Old Norse 'skúta' (to taunt) or Old English 'scēotan' (to shoot, dart forth). Over centuries, it evolved from expressing sudden sharp vocalizations or taunts to mean any forceful utterance at high volume.

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