stavolta Italian · revision 38966

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /staˈvɔl.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound [[af|it|questo|volta|alt1=sta|t1=this|t2=time]]: the phrase meaning “this time” written as one word, with the demonstrative shortened.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)^(Treccani 2011) Battaglia's dictionary (GDLI) explains the first part as the colloquial demonstrative [[m|it|sto]].^(GDLI|20, 110) The same shortened demonstrative is in [[stamattina]] and [[stasera]].^(DELI 1999)

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+ The sources date it differently: Zingarelli gives 1747, GRADIT 1807 and Sabatini–Coletti the 18th century, while DELI, Nocentini and Devoto–Oli date it only from Migliorini's 1950 appendix to Panzini's dictionary.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Zingarelli dates the word to 1747 and GRADIT to 1807, in the sense it still has, “this time, on this occasion”.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) DELI's first record is Migliorini's 1950 appendix to Panzini's dictionary of new words.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meaning has not changed: ''stavolta'' is the familiar equivalent of ''questa volta''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011) Nineteenth-century writers still wrote it as two words: Garibaldi has ''anche sta volta non m’ingannai'' “this time too I was not mistaken”.^(GDLI|20, 110) The joined spelling is found in Antonio Ghislanzoni and in Carlo Emilio Gadda.^(GDLI|20, 110)

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+ The dictionaries mark the word as familiar or colloquial.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) It is common in the phrase ''per stavolta'' “just this once”, used when letting something pass.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1747 – Zingarelli's date for ''stavolta''.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * 1807 – GRADIT's date for the word.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 19th century – Garibaldi writes ''sta volta'' as two words.^(GDLI|20, 110)

+ * 1950 – Migliorini's appendix to Panzini's dictionary records ''stavolta''.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(colloquial)'' This [[m|en|time]], on this occasion: ''Stavolta ho preso il treno giusto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Per stavolta'': just this once, as an exception: ''Per stavolta chiudo un occhio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volta]]

+ * [[questo]]

+ * [[stamattina]]

+ * [[stasera]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}