togliere

remove

verb TOH-lyeh-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'tollere', to lift away

Also means

take off

Usage Note

Togliere means to remove or take away, and reflexively togliersi means to take off clothing: togliti la giacca. The -gli- is the liquid 'ly' sound. It is irregular: tolgo, tolsi, tolto.

Examples

"Togli le scarpe prima di entrare."

Natural Translation

Take off your shoes before coming in.

Literal Translation

Take-off the shoes before of to-enter.

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