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addio

[ ahd-dee-aw ]

/ ɑdˈdi ɔ /

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interjection Italian.

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How to use addio in a sentence

I will visit you again,” said the man in black—“till then, addio.
Lavengro|George Borrow
Addio, Annina; thou knowest I would come gladly, but that I scarce quit the side of my poor mother.
The Bravo|J. Fenimore Cooper
Then she set to singing—drumming out the tune on the screen—the soldier song of '59, Addio, mia bella, addio.
Vanitas|Vernon Lee
She was just as likely to sing O terra addio when she was happy as O sole mio when she was sad.
The Place of Honeymoons|Harold MacGrath

Dear little Fan; she stood in more than one twilight by the garden window, and whispered over: 'Addio, Francesca!
Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863|Various