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Jun 25, 2021
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Today's Parola del Giorno is the verb sguinzagliare, which means to unleashor to let loose.

See the verb used below in its context:

La nuova legge impone ai proprietari di sguinzagliare i propri cani solo nelle apposite aree nei parchi.

The new law requires owners to unleash their dogs only in the special areas in the park.

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Joel & Jan
Jun 25, 2021

And of course there is also the noun "guinzaglio" (meaning leash). Given the form of "add s to a verb to make it 'un'", you MIGHT think that there is also a verb "guinzagliare" (to put on a leash), but in fact there is not. There is the adjective "guinzagliato" (leashed), but to say "to put a dog on a leash" you'd say "mettere il guinzaglio al cane" or "legare il cane col guinzaglio." To have a person on a leash: "tenere qc al guinzaglio." There is no verb guinzagliare.

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