Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dec 23, 2003 16:29
20 yrs ago
Italian term
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
uo'
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Dante
Can anybody please explain this contraction to me?
tanto m'aggrada il tuo comandamento,
che l'ubidir, se già fosse, m'è tardi;
più non t'è uo' ch'aprirmi il tuo talento.
II, 79-81
tanto m'aggrada il tuo comandamento,
che l'ubidir, se già fosse, m'è tardi;
più non t'è uo' ch'aprirmi il tuo talento.
II, 79-81
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | uopo / need |
David Russi
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| 5 | below |
skardo
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Proposed translations
+1
8 mins
David Russi
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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1919
Selected
uopo / need
Roughly, it means "you don't need to convince me"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! What a funny word. If somebody asked me what language "uopo" came from I would probably say Finnish or Hungarian!"
4 mins
below
Declined
....No farther need'st thou ope to me thy wish
Comment: "I have the translation, thanks, I want an explanation of the where úo' comes from."
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