zavorra

Italian

Etymology

From Latin saburra.

Noun

zavorra f (plural zavorre)

  1. ballast, either in the hold of a ship or thrown out from a balloon
  2. (figuratively) - junk, anything unwanted (a white elephant)
  • gettare la zavorra - to throw out ballast

Verb

zavorra

  1. third-person singular present indicative of zavorrare
  2. second-person singular imperative of zavorrare
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