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capogiro

dizziness

noun kah-poh-JEE-roh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: Compound of capo 'head' + giro 'turn, spin'

Also means

vertigo

Usage Note

Capogiro is a masculine noun meaning a dizzy spell or vertigo. The idiomatic phrase da capogiro ('dizzying, staggering') is very common: prezzi da capogiro ('astronomical prices'), velocità da capogiro ('breakneck speed'). The plural is i capogiri (or sometimes invariable in the compound phrase).

Examples

"Mi è venuto un capogiro improvviso."

Natural Translation

I suddenly got a dizzy spell.

Literal Translation

To-me came a dizziness sudden.

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