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Non aspettare la vecchiaia: agisci ora!

Translation

Do not wait until you’re old: act now!



Analysis


non
     1. adv. not
     2. adv. un-
     3. adv. don't
aspettare
     1. v. to wait for, await, wait
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. (accusative) her, it
     3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     4. n. (music) la (musical note)
     5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
vecchiaia
     1. n. old age
agisci
     1. v. second-person singular present indicative of agire
     2. v. second-person singular imperative of agire
     agire
          1. v. (intransitive) to act or operate
          2. v. (intransitive) to work, run or function
          3. v. (intransitive) to take effect
          4. v. (intransitive) to behave
          5. v. (intransitive, legal) to proceed (against)
          6. v. (intransitive, medicine) to affect (part of the body etc)
          7. v. (intransitive, psychology) to act out
ora
     1. n. hour (period of 60 minutes)
     2. n. time (of day), hour
     3. adv. now
     4. conj. and yet
     5. n. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze
     6. v. third-person singular present indicative of orare
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of orare




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