Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

virgulta

English translation:

burgeoning

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Nov 5, 2018 12:37
5 yrs ago
Italian term

virgulta

Italian to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Contemporary Artist review
"Quel lato pervaso dal dolore del gesto artistico da cui esse stesse sembrano provenire e scalpitare: grazie ad una tela amara, virgulta, gestuale, forzuta, mascolina..

This is about the statement the artist makes through the anguish of the faces and gazes she draws.
Proposed translations (English)
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burgeoning

as virgulta stems from virgulto=shoot, sprout

vir-gùl-to

SignArbusto, pianta giovane; germoglio; rampollo

dal latino virgultum, derivato di virgultus 'pieno di ramoscelli', a sua volta derivato di vìrgula 'ramoscello', diminutivo di virga 'verga, ramo'.

Testo originale pubblicato su unaparolaalgiorno.it: https://unaparolaalgiorno.it/significato/V/virgulto

I think it refers to the explosion of the 'gesto artistico' and the connotation of this word seems to tie in with the other adjectives used.

a bitter, burgeoning canvas

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burgeoning

Example sentences containing 'burgeoning'

But the cruelty came down from above, loud and clear, and try as she might she couldn't keep the anger from burgeoning in her.Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2001)
Peer comment(s):

neutral bluenoric : you might be right, but it's worth noting that *tela virgulta* makes really no sense and is grammatically wrong// I agree, but while "tela amara [...] gestuale, forzuta, mascolina" somehow conveys a meaning of sort, virgulta absolutely doesn't
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unfortunately, much of the art critic's blurb makes little sense, making the translator's job even harder!;)
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