venire via

Italian

Etymology

Literally, to come away.

Verb

venìre via (first-person singular present vèngo via, first-person singular past historic vénni via, past participle venùto via, first-person singular future verrò via, auxiliary èssere)

  1. to come away
    Synonyms: allontanarsi, andarsene
  2. to come off; to become unstuck
    Synonyms: staccarsi, cedere
    • 2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald; Ferruccio Russo, transl., Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 86:
      Una mezza dozzina di dita indicarono la ruota distaccata – lui la fissò per un momento, poi guardò in alto quasi sospettasse che fosse potuta cadere dal cielo. / «Se n'è venuta via», gli spiegò qualcuno.
      Half a dozen fingers pointed at the amputated wheel—he stared at it for a moment and then looked upward as though he suspected that it had dropped from the sky. / "It came off," some one explained.
  3. to come out (of a stain, etc.)
    Synonyms: cancellarsi, scomparire
    Le macchie di sangue non vengono via solo col sapone.
    Blood stains don't come out with just soap.
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