dire addio
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to say adieu”. Compare French dire adieu.
Verb
dìre addio (first-person singular present dìco addio, first-person singular past historic dìssi addio, past participle détto addio, first-person singular imperfect dicévo addio, second-person singular imperative dì' addio or (with syntactic gemination after the verb, with written accent on monosyllabic verb) dì addio, auxiliary avére)
- (also figuratively, transitive with a) to say goodbye (to)
- 2020, Soul, Disney; Pixar, spoken by Libba Gardner (Phylicia Rashad):
- Con questo lavoro potrai dire addio a quelle inutili esibizioni.
- With this job, you'll be able to put that dead-end gigging behind you.
- (literally, “With this job, you will be able to say goodbye to those useless performances.”)
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