travàggio

From Vulgar Latin *tripālium (“toil” ← “suffering” ← “torture instrument”), derived from Latin tripālis (“having three stakes or poles”).
Cognates include French travail, Italian travaglio, Spanish trabajo.

• IPA^(key): /traˈvadd͡ʒu/

travàggio m (plural travàggi)

1. work, toil
   • 1984, Fabrizio De André (lyrics), Mauro Pagani (music), “Sinàn Capudàn Pascià”, in Crêuza de mä [Muletrack by the sea], performed by Fabrizio De André:

     E a-o pòsto di ànni, ch'êan dexenêuve, / se són pigiæ e gànbe e mæ bràsse nêuve / Da alôa a cansón l'à cantâ o tanbûo / e o lòu s'è gangiòu in travàggio dûo

     And instead of the years, which were nineteen, they took my new legs and arms. From then on, the drum sang the song, and work has changed into hard toil.

• lòu