trascinare Italian · revision 39283

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1325, Esopo volgarizzato|origins=la trahō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /traʃ.ʃiˈna.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trascinare''' (first-person singular present trascìno, first-person singular past historic trascinài, past participle trascinàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ Older forms include [[roa-oit|trasscinare]] and the old and regional [[m|roa-oit|trassinare]].^(GDLI|21, 205)

+ In Sicily [[scn|traxinari]] is recorded in 1348.^(DEI|3867)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It continues [[inh|la-vul|*traxīnō|alt=*traxīnāre]], formed from [[m|la|trāxī]], the perfect of [[la|trahō|t=to pull, drag]].^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) Others start from a Vulgar Latin [[m|la-vul|*tragīnō|alt=*tragīnāre]], from a form [[m|la-vul|*tragō|alt=*tragere]] parallel to the classical verb;^(GDLI|21, 205)^(DEI|3867)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020) this is the base Meyer-Lübke gives for the whole Romance family.^(REW 1935) Nocentini sees an Italian formation from a past participle [[m|roa-oit|*trasso]], made after the past tense [[trassi]] in place of [[tratto]], as [[roa-oit|visso]] replaced [[vissuto]].^(Nocentini 2010) Devoto thinks the prefix [[tras-]] was mixed in, giving a strongly durative sense.^(Devoto 1968)

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+ Romance relatives include [[ro|trăgăna|t=to drag out]], [[fr|traîner]] and [[pro|traginar]].^(REW 1935)^(Wiktionary) [[es|trajinar]] and [[fur|strasinâ]] are borrowed from Italian.^(REW 1935)^(DEI|3867) [[trainare]], from French, is a doublet.^(REW 1935)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The origin of the Latin verb is uncertain: de Vaan finds the closest cognates in Celtic, such as [[sga|tethraig|t=ran away, receded]], and suggests that the root, with its unusual structure, may be a loanword shared by Italic and Celtic.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the Tuscan ''Esopo volgarizzato'', about 1325, in the sense “to pull along the ground”;^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) a viper drags a file around the house.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) A rare reading ''trascineremo'' in Dante's ''Inferno'' is rejected by editors for the variant ''strascineremo''.^(DELI 1999) The form with ''s-'', [[strascinare]], is older, from the middle of the 13th century.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 14th century the ''Anonimo romano'' describes a crowd dragging a man along the ground by a rope.^(GDLI|21, 205) The figurative ''trascinare la vita'', “to drag out one's life”, is in Paolo Segneri in the 17th century.^(DEI|3867)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The sense “to lead by force or persistence” is dated 1879 by DELI, from Tommaseo's dictionary, where dragging someone to court or to death is said to express arrogance and injustice.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The reflexive “to crawl” is recorded in 1891 and the intransitive ''trascinarsi'', “to drag on”, in 1961.^(DELI 1999) ''Trascinatore'', a person who stirs up enthusiasm, appears in the 1950s,^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) and computing added the sense “to drag” an item on the screen with the mouse.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Mid-13th century – ''Strascinare'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * c. 1325 – The ''Esopo volgarizzato'' uses ''trascinare''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1348 – Old Sicilian ''traxinari'' is recorded.^(DEI|3867)

+ * 17th century – Paolo Segneri uses ''trascinare la vita''.^(DEI|3867)

+ * 1879 – The sense “to lead by force” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1891 – The reflexive “to crawl” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1955 – ''Trascinatore'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1961 – ''Trascinarsi'' “to drag on” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|drag]] something along the ground: ''Trascinava il carrello lungo il corridoio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To carry along, sweep away, especially in a fall: ''La frana ha trascinato a valle alcuni alberi.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # To take someone by force: ''Il ladro fu trascinato fuori dal negozio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To force someone to go somewhere or do something: ''Mi ha trascinato a una festa noiosa.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Of a feeling, to overcome: ''Si è lasciato trascinare dalla gelosia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # To lead into a bad situation: ''Ha trascinato l'azienda alla rovina.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To [[m|en|captivate]], carry an audience along: ''un cantante che trascina il pubblico''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(computing)'' To drag an item on the screen with the mouse.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(trascinarsi)'' To crawl, move with difficulty, ''(figurative)'' to drag on: ''La trattativa si trascina da mesi.''^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[strascinare]]

+ * [[trascinamento]]

+ * [[trascinatore]]

+ * [[strascicare]]

+ * [[strascicato]]

+ * [[strascico]]

+ * [[trascinante]]

+ * [[ritrascinare]]

+ * [[trascinabile]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trainare]]

+ * [[trarre]]

+ * [[la|trahō]]

+ * [[fr|traîner]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Fixed phrases include ''trascinare i piedi'', to shuffle without lifting one's feet, and ''trascinare la vita'', to live in hardship.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}