della
See also: Della
Icelandic
Noun
della f (genitive singular dellu, nominative plural dellur)
- nonsense
- Synonyms: bull, þvaður, þvættingur
- fad, passionate interest
- Hann er með bíladellu. ― He is extremely interested in and passionate about cars.
- Hann er algjör dellukarl. ― He's the type of guy who becomes passionately interested in various activities and gadgets.
Declension
Further reading
- “della” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Portuguese
Spanish
Alternative forms
- d'ella (obsolete)
Contraction
della f (plural dellas, masculine dello, masculine plural dellos)
- (obsolete) (contraction of de and ella) of the
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
- El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.
- The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.
Further reading
- “dello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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