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Normans and other Nordic types also spent time in that neck of the woods ergo blonde hair, blue eyes. Yes, did an ancestry and family tree test. Camma-nooch could be a diminutive of the male form of the name Carmen or Carmine used in familiar friendly expression upon greeting especially. You will particularly hear these slang words in areas such as Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx, NY as well as Boston and Philly. I heard these a lot from my adoptive mom, actually my paternal grandmother, while I was growing up in the 1950s-1960s. Cu vinne? Thanks. The second is something like metsagetha! (maybe medsagetha) used to express disbelief (usually as a listeners response to hearing a wild story). After all, the Florentine language itself was only a dialect until it became elevated to official national status. First is something like ahge [AHJH] use to describe the feeling of being full (especially in your chest and throat) after eating greasy food. I cant find it anyone on the web. used to say when he got updet was mannaggia dial .. Thats another she said was really bad, but I dont see it being that bad since I found out, means more or less bastard in this sense? They say means a bonecrusher schiacciare to press or crush and bong probably bones. It contains over 95638 terms and 212602 translations in both English and Italian and continues to grow and improve. Growing up in central Long Island during the 1970s, I heard many of these expressions and although Im not Italian-American I incorporated them into my daily tongue. . Good work though. I had the same problem with Spanish. I think it was the word from dialect of Neaples Guagli, or Uagli this second is exactly pronounced like the capital letters Y E O) and means boy, kid . Standard Italian would have been fogasse or foccacia. Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 18 Apr. The meaning is that if you say so during.. lets say a toast in a birthday party, you wish for one other hundred years to live a day like that (birthdays parties). So cool; a little jewel of a resource for Little Italys Spanglish. A woga a woga My family still uses many of these words, mostly because there arent English equivalents. Maronn or Maronna is simply the southern Italys dialects form for Madonna. Just the thoughts of someone who grew up speaking dialect first, and later learned the official Italian (Florentine) at university. gibone possibly from the French gibbon( monkey ) meaning a jerk. How about these: Oo vidi?. I recognize a lot of the words on your list. Second generation Sicilian-American from from Caldwell in Essex County, New Jersey. [maa-KAY-quest], maddiul/mariul fool/rascal (mariolo) [maa-dee-OOL], maliocch the evil eye (malocchio) [maal-YOAK], mamaluke idiot/fool (mamalucco) [maa-maa-LOUK], mannaggia damn/cursing (male ne aggia/male ne abbia) [MAA-NAA-juh], mannaggia dial curse the devil (male ne aggia il diavolo) [MAA-NAA-juh-dee-owl], mannaggia la mort cursing death (male ne aggia la morta) [MAA-NAA-juh-dee-owl], mannaggia la miseria cursing misery (male ne aggia la miseria) [MAA-NAA-juh-MEE-seh-ree-uh], manigott italian pasta (manicotti) [maa-NEE-gauwt], mapeen/mopeen/mappin napkin/towel (moppina) [maa-PEEN], maranad marinara sauce (marinara) [maa-raa-NAAD], maronna mia! One word that no one here seems to be familiar was jumba-lone. ), i-malano-miau! I grew up in Rhode Island. But I said it in front of my mother in law once and she laughed so hard she couldnt even tell me what it really meant. Maybe you were being compared to Bacigalupo. Hahaha, my grandma lived for a long time in the west new york/north bergen area in NJ, and says oh maron all the time. The meaning of ITALIAN AMERICAN is an American of Italian descent. melodic. Just Enjoy! Get results from both the General dictionary and the Collaborative one through one single interface! My intentions are to make you aware that this is untrue. We would say the proper Italian, va fa culo. Except it was pronounced very articulately as if given a few exclamation points at the end. dialect spusdada. your Grandmother was almost certainly making reference to kids (i.e. [goo-yaa-ZAA-boo], gidrul stupid person (cetriolo) [jih-DROOL], haicapid do you understand? Anyone hear capo fresco or fresh head? My Napoletane grandmother grandmother had a good response when I asked her whats for dinner. Then I saw gandeen in the basement.Possible but/hand in the basement? Not to me! I know what the first part means, but never figured out the last part. A reference on another Italian dialect site that says one word used in the Naples are for children is quartaro which might be morphed to quierdooday. hows it going? My mothers favorites were, Ti Potza schiatta, Potza yetta u sangue. dissapita> sapit(a) > sabida > sabid. (stai zitto) [stah-tuh-JEET], stendinz intestines/guts (inglese: intestines) [stehn-DEENZ], stugots/stugats f___ it (questo cazzo/questu cazzu/stu cazzu) [stoo-GAATS], struppiau extremely dimwitted (stupido) [stroo-pee-YAOW], stuppiau very dimwitted (stupido) [stoo-pee-YAOW], stuppiad dimwitted (stupido) [stoo-PEE-yaad], suprasa/suprasad type of salami (soppressata) [soo-praa-SAAD], ti voglio benassai I love you so much (ti voglio bene) [tee-VOAL-yo-TROAP-aa-SAI], un ada oda another time (un altra volta/un altra ora) [oon-AA-daa-O-daa], ue, goombah! She was from Naples. THE SLANG EXPRESSION SCASHADECOMES FROM THE VERB Mi fa cagare! When they asked to use the toilet facilities, they were told it was in the back of the house. This phrase was Italianized and became the word, baccahous. your articles? I have many more. I was told many early Italian immigrants worked as laborers for contractors. shit! of the greatest in its field. Audio Collins Mini Gem English-Italian Dictionary by MobiSystems, Inc. Wiktionary. I am an Italian living in the US and this is truly fascinating! who knows? Xmas Eve was a feast for 40 people and the food was better than any restaurant could hope to serve. quante mosseliterally translates to how or so many movements ? indicating a probable dramatic exaggeration of some sort either in response or reaction to some stimulus. She cursed the spaghettis sisters face. As I got older I discovered that the vowels at the end of the Italian words I heard when I was growing are not silent but should actually be pronounced. to be . My Dad used that too.ruined, destroyed, messed up, etc. WordReference. Many of the words my father used, you probably dont want to put in your book, like moulon and yubadool!! Does anyone else remember using the term pizza fritt for the fried dough everyone else calls zeppoli? Do you have a good translation for Oofah!, Meenchia! The Collins Italian Dictionary has 182,000 words and phrases with 247,000 translations. When the boys came downstairs, my cousin asked, Grandma, whats musutu mean? She started laughing, saying, Who calla you musutu, Davey? David replied, Uncle Gerry, but he could have been calling me, he could have been calling Steve, I dont know. She said, Oh, no, DaveyHe calla YOU. hello ciao. Try vedova bianca (white widow) meaning a woman whose husband was alive but nowhere to be found so she was not entitled to wear a widows black. Anyone help? I also wonder if someone can tell me if I am spelling butan or butana right. In italian you write: Ce ne dobbiama andare. If you still cannot find a term, you can ask in the forums, where many native English and Italian speakers from around the world love assisting others to find the right translation. It was pronounced beet-ah-bahn-ya. (ma tu sei pazzo!) Hi Ro My mother whose parents came from Sicily in the 1920s used to say aspetta (could sound like ashpeta) minuta. Fanu ShKaffu eentuol Fachew, SenonDiBasta! It is based on the Italian language,butit contains a mixture of Sicilian- and Neapolitan-inspired dialect words and phrases as well as English words. Originally in Italy no one would have known what that meant, but a lady whom I know here in Germany says they use that in parts of Italy as a greeting as well. I am twenty-four and I, myself, remember using the word baccaus for bathroom in school. Yes I have but know it from the Italian: Chiarracar(r)one. Hope this helped. Oh, thank you for this! Hi I am Roman but my family is from the south. One I havent been able to find is something that sounds like ma che di in modern italian. 'pa pdd chac tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'">, Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. As a child while eating I would be asked did you eat your chicche? Or eat your chicche!. Ok.. Im a real Italian ( I mean I was born in Italy, grew up there and still live here). (che peccato!) Quanto costa? In parts of southern Italy we find the word buffetta. Ill smack your face if you dont stop it! Ok, got it! hey, man! It soon spread to many Italian communities across cities and metropolitan areas in both the U.S. and Canada. -ah-speth-a-mee-notes (wait a minute) Italians are the descendents of Germanic (Indo-European) tribes ultimately, from the Ukraine, just like the Greeks, Germans, Slavs, Celts. It is like I want to preserve this language. Most Popular Phrases in Italian to English. Per cent anni is the correct spelling. Anyone ever hear the word spusada? It all made for a very rich gravy. (vedi la ciunca?) NYC and northern NJ do the same with mixing slang from various countries. All rights reserved. Tell me, has anyone heard the (phonetically spelled, of course) Im gonna give you beata bania! (with the n sounding like the Spanish sound) which was playfully said by my grandma, great-grandma and others (not unique to my family) when jokingly threatening a spanking or whack if we were misbehaving? She didnt know that many of them werent standard English until she moved. I realize now that Yamma is short for Andiamo (iamo). My grandfather from Cefalu, Sicily, used to call basil basalico with the accent on the last syllable. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Literally Mouse = TOPO or TOPOLINO I put together several videos of my family explaining the meaning of various Italian-American slang words (all my Grandparents born in Sicily and now families mainly based in NY/NJ area), and it is good to see some cross-referencing here! My own theory is that previous generations of Calabrese speakers did not learn the word from the written form basilico. donkey dicks (literally) with squash & eggs, My father still says that, we live in Toronto, Canada ocazze e ciuccio cu cucuzzille e love, I remember hearing, Ha perduto la giobba, meaning, of course, He lost his job., WOWI didnt hear a lot of those word in a long time..My mother and father used to use all the words above. Growing up in Bensonhurst, 2nd generation Italian this was correct Italian dialect to us. u Zi. The Cambridge EnglishItalian Dictionary is based on original research on the unique Cambridge English Corpus, and includes all the words at CEFR levels A1B2 in the English Vocabulary Profile. Reading this has brought back a lot of memories, especially of the holiday celebrations we had at this time of year. Just spelling it how it sounds. why, how beautiful! (with cent sound like chent). http://www.localsyr.com/news/new-york-state-fair/pizze-fritte-54-year-old-new-york-state-fair-tradition. In Italian, the word marone has a few different meanings. I have a few questions: the only word I heard for female genitals was culiI assume they were just saying the holes down there, like culo. Anyone else grew up with that? Turns out all of these words were Brooklyn-ized. I am told that is from the norman influence. I think you forgot one though. That is the italian name for jesus mother Mary (or at least thats what Im told), so when americans say Oh God! ,Oh my God!. I was born in Argentina to Neapolitan parents , the same phenomenon happen there with the Spanish language , the Italian influence created a new idiom called LUNFARDO, What about moo-nates? We grew up in Jersey, Italian American. and learn the NAPULETANO EXPRESSIONS. To her I was lazy and alot of words you use here thank you for the translations I used to think what she was telling me in Italian that she would not repeat in English was just what SOME of the words are here you do not have them all but I get the picture! (how are you doing? They were ruled by many different rulers prior to Italy unification which brought together diverse people in 1860. All four grandparents from Lentini/Catania area. this dictionary is very interesting: it shows how lively a language can be and its amazing how people can transform it! The only thing I remember their parents yelling was: My mother told me never to marry a Neopalitan! MY mother told me never to marry a Sicilian!. And if you can get a hold of a copy of Fatso!. My DNA mix is actually the norm for sicily and I also have blue eyes! I was sitting here with my 16 year old looking up some of the words that I could remember my italian grandmother saying through the years. Im anxious to see any and all updates. Im gonna try to spell it out like you did. mind your own fing business! And the simple meal of macaroni and beans sounded something like basta vasool rather than pasta e fagioli. Quite a treat! Also they never put the gender in both words, they just use the article. Anyone know what that was? Hope this is helpful! . In the 19th and early 20th century they were sort of like Italys Texas oil barrons. ), i-malano-miau! Does it mean something (other than a last name). becausa you wasa borna here ! the new shows that are on today do not compare to the old shows.not even close. My mom made it whenever she made pizza. American Italian expressions sometimes are not always true to an Italian original- not even to an original dialectical Italian rootsometimes it is in the hearer rather than the words and then it gets repeated to take on a new life of its own. Everyone is passed away and I have no idea how to do this. Now I am laughing over the memories of I know diablo = devil, but not what the miz refers to. So, although you heard [d], the speaker was actually saying a t (which is softer in Italian, especially between vowels). In Italian I would say, levati il pensiero ..lift the thought off of yourself.. Love it ! If you close your eyes and attempt to say the official word basilico (with the second vowel stressed) and then repeat this time with the final vowel stressed, it sounds very much like Basa Nicol (unaccented final vowel a is frequently omitted in spoken Calabrese) (reinforced perhaps by the semantic meaning associated with basa (kiss) and Nicol (shortened form of Nicola (Nicholas). Another she used to say sounded like grah-NOOD-oo, but I think I found cornuto on that one. thank you. It is not a stretch for someone with limited reading ability to hear Basa Nicol from the intended utterance basilico especially when there is universal familiarity with San Nicola (good old St Nick) and Basare (which is a variation of official Italian baciare (to kiss). Very common phrase. Have you ever heard the phrases, Mangiese la canne (May you be eaten by dogs) or Mangiese la zudicce (May you be eaten by rats). Anthony in New Jersey, Please state clearly that this is the language spoken by Italian immigrants, not Italian. (fa ti cazzi tuoi) [FAA-tee-GAA-tee-doo-yay], fattu napiridu I farted [FAA-too-naa-pee-REE-doo] (ho fatto napiridu), ffangul! I think many of them are from Sicilian and/or Calabrese dialects.very different from Napolitan dialect. begghicella the bag My grandmothers were from Sicily and Calabria. The men were often uncomplaining hard laborers.the women if not entirely at home tending large families often also worked in the sewing or confectionary industriesAcquainted with many when I finally did encounter such an individual who was obviously lazy, good for nothing and looking for handouts I was genuinely amazed. The word can also be used as a verb, meaning "to chestnut," or "to brown.". So Southern Italian you mentoned yachetone is modern Italian chiachierione (pronounced something like kyakyerone, meaning chatterbox.. Get the English words and meanings you need to know as a beginning to intermediate learner, with helpful Italian translations and thousands of carefully chosen example sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus. For example, a champagne brunch with fingertip sandwiches would be a mangia-cake party. I thought my family was the only ones that called them pizza fritt!!!!! mind your own fing business! what the heck are you doing?! Napiltons (Neopolitans from Naples) are criticized even in Italy for dropping all the endings of words. Has anyone else heard this tune or did my grandfather just make up some words just to entertain his grandchildren?. I grew up in Queens second generation Italian, my father grew up in Brooklyn with his parents that imigrated from Avellino and this reminded me of them soooo much. [EE-dee-GAA-noesh], facciabrutt ugly face (faccia brutta) [FA-chuh-broot], faccia di katzo ball face (faccia di cazzo) [FAA-chaa-dee-KAA-tsoe], facciadu/faccia du two faced (facce due) [faatch-aa-DOO], facciu fridda its cold (fa freddo) [FAA-choo-FREE-daa], fugeddaboudit forget about it (forget about it), fanabola!/vanabola! And I have a candidate for entry into the list: frudalooms. Turns out that this was the kind of underwear they all bought back in the dayFruit of the Loom. [go-maa-say-GYAM], goopalin snow hat (goobalini) [goo-paa-LEEN], goombah countryman/fellow comrade/godfather (compare) [goom-BAA], guacarunno someone (qualcuno) [gwaa-kaa-ROO-no], gumad mistress/girlfriend (cumare/comare) [goo-MAAD], guyasabbu? It is a high-quality dictionary from one of the world's most respected publishers. I have one more person to ask. Your mother would say, Its cold out, make sure you wear your coo-pa-LEEN today., [] salut (salute), bacouz (bagno), e la lista continua, se volete, qui. BTW, it seems that even within the same Italian heritages, there are differences in language from New York, Philly, and Chicago. -this I have no clue how to spell, but its pronounced, sherot = jerk In Italian-English, thousands more terms that are not included in the main dictionary can be found in . So many are unaware in the US it is incredible. Really nice job! That makes sense, & its also very funny. If you want to learn the Italian language, our online Italian translator will help you to perform Italian translation, learn words and phrases, and even become an Italian speaker. ma-nej or ma-nejja (darn it, frustration) Or, mezza stunard; scumbari; gatzee (maybe from Yiddish) and chiaccheressa (chatterbox) something I was often accused of being. My parents teased me when I was little by saying the biangolin man left me at the wrong house. Here's one that's close to my heart - a list of Italian Swear Words, Slang, Curses, Insults, Colloquialisms and Expletives.A lesson in Italian Culture, and sometimes, Italian Stereotypes! I believe our dialect is fairly close to the Neapolitan. You may be referring to ma certo, meaning but of course. Laura Bellusci This is just a hunch, but I believe the word you heard was most likely a version of the official Italian word dissapita (something bland and unappealing). al of them are correct and all italian families talk like that. Linguists classify Sicilian as a language, not a dialect. MEZZA VERITAMEH-ZAVEH-REE-TA=HALF TRUTH I remember my Italian grandmother always grumbling that word at my father, who was of Scottish decent, when she was not pleased with him or when referring to his side of the family! ass? Shcafadeel un gool which means shove it up your _ss Ciao Linda: Im originally for East Boston. By the way I told a young teenage girl here in Germany whose family came from Calabria to click on Lou Monte. English words for the Italian word schiacciare SCHIACCIARE = ! Offline pronunciation and translate any sentences. But two I didnt see: Christmas Eve was a traditional Sicilian feast (minus meat) was served, along with home made pizza! is amanda walker married, striper fishing lake hartwell,

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