vogare

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain; probably related to French vogue, meaning "wave; course of success", and the verb voguer (“travel through the water”), and possibly of Germanic origin[1], from a Proto-Germanic root *wagōną. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”). Compare Spanish bogar, Catalan and Portuguese vogar, Sicilian vucari.

An alternative theory derives it from Latin vocāre (“call”)[2][3][4]. Also compare Ancient Greek βαυκάλη (baukálē, “cradle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Syllabification: vo‧gà‧re

Verb

vogàre (first-person singular present vógo or vògo[5], first-person singular past historic vogài, past participle vogàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (sports, nautical, intransitive) to row a boat [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: remare
    vogare al largo (figurative) ― to be evasive or noncommittal (literally, “to row out to sea”)
  2. (uncommon, transitive) to row (a boat)
  3. (figurative, literary, intransitive) to fly or swim with broad strokes (of a large bird) [auxiliary avere]

Usage notes

  • Often used in the imperative.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “vogare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  2. vogare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  3. vogare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  4. vogàre in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  5. vogo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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