What does spoglia in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word spoglia in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use spoglia in Italian.

The word spoglia in Italian means body, slough, robes, booty, bare, spare, bare, naked, counting, disrobe, undress, get undressed, deprive yourself, go through, sort through, strip. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word spoglia

body

sostantivo plurale femminile (salma)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le spoglie mortali del santo furono trasferite nella cripta.

slough

sostantivo femminile (animale: muta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Abbiamo visto un documentario sulla spoglia dei serpenti.

robes

sostantivo plurale femminile (letterario (abito)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Il principe si presentò a casa del fratello sotto mentite spoglie.

booty

sostantivo plurale femminile (storico (bottino di guerra)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
I soldati vittoriosi tornarono al campo con le spoglie di guerra.

bare, spare

aggettivo (vuoto)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Questa stanza è spoglia, va aggiunto qualche mobile.
This room is bare; some furniture needs to be added.

bare, naked

aggettivo (piante: senza foglie)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Gli alberi spogli d'inverno mi mettono sempre tristezza.
Winter's bare trees always sadden me.

counting

sostantivo maschile (voto: scrutinio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lo spoglio avverrà al termine delle votazioni.
The counting will take place at the end of the voting.

disrobe, undress

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (svestire)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Spogliò la sua ragazza e la coperse di baci.
He undressed his girlfriend and kissed her all over.

get undressed

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (svestirsi)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Faceva così caldo ieri che mi sono spogliato e rimasto a torso nudo in casa mia.
It was so hot yesterday that I took off my clothes and walked around the house topless.

deprive yourself

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (privarsi di [qlcs])

San Francesco si spogliò di tutte le sue ricchezze per vivere in piena povertà.
Saint Francis deprived himself of all his riches to live in total poverty.

go through, sort through

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (passare in rassegna)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])

strip

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (sottrarre con la forza) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
I bari hanno spogliato il malcapitato di tutti i suoi soldi al tavolo da poker.
He was stripped of his belongings.

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