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Forms: piaga (data provider: donatus-sup)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Piág-a, s. f. pl. ghe, dim. Piág-hétta, Piág-úccia, Piág-úzza,
1. wound, a sore; 2. wound, trouble, affliction.— antiveduta assai men duole, a trouble which is foreseen is less grievous. Rinfrescar le piaghe,to renew or revive one's grief; 3. (met.) ruin, distraction; 4. chastisement, scourge. Far —, to wound. Lavar le piaghe, to cancel. Percuotere di qualche —, to chastise, punish. Punger —, to grieve; 5. (obs.) a blow. Che —! what a nuisance!
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
piaga: a plague, a wound, a hurt, a sore, an vlcer, a cut, an incision. Also a great losse, a binderance, a beauie chance. Also a country, a region or portion of the world.