🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

spogliarsi

Pronunciation / Transliteration: spol-yar-si

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Undress/ʌnˈdrɛs/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Dopo una lunga giornata, ha deciso di spogliarsi."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove one's clothing.

    "After a long day, she decided to undress and relax at home."
  2. 2

    To take off the clothing of someone else.

    "The nurse gently undressed the patient for the examination."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'undress' originates from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and 'dress' from Middle English 'dressen', which means 'to put on clothing'. The term evolved in the late 14th century to denote the act of removing clothing.

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