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WordInfo
Morphology
Lemmata
Forms: fave (data provider: donatus)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fáv-a, s. f. dim. Fáv-agéllo,
1. a bean. Pigliare due columbi ad una —, to kill two birds with one stone, to accomplish two things at once;2. vote, ballot, the opinions of the Florentine magistrates being given by means of black and white beans. Addio fave, it is all over with us, we are lost; 3. a trifle, nothing. Non vale una —, it is not worth a button; 4. the glans penis; 5. vain glory, foolish pride.