gomito

elbow

noun GOH-mee-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin cubitus (elbow, forearm).

Usage Note

Gomito is masculine: il gomito, with an irregular feminine collective plural le gomita alongside the regular i gomiti. The idiom alzare il gomito ('to lift one's elbow') means to drink too much, and lavorare di gomito means to elbow one's way through.

Examples

"Mi sono fatto male al gomito cadendo."

Natural Translation

I hurt my elbow when I fell.

Literal Translation

I made myself hurt at-the elbow falling.

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