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bam! My family moved from Philly around 1900 to CT. Fantastic blog! Gumba Italian was the lingua Franca irrigardlass of national origen. My Dad used to have a saying and im trying to get spelling. Because the main thing that all of you have to know is that all this expressions come from varius dialects of southern Italy (Napoletano-from Naples, Calabrese-frommCalabria, and Siciliano-from Sicily). (andiamo!) Italian-French Italian-Spanish. bobba-lawks (cobwebs) Thanks for the dictionary. Normans and other Nordic types also spent time in that neck of the woods ergo blonde hair, blue eyes. As a result they were dynamic languages more subject to changes over time. Sometimes regional differences, Boston vs. NYC, might be also be due to effect of other immigrant languages. Bigatsu = dishtowel OMG! Never anything like a penal colony. Utenti del sito mobile: segnalateci qualunque problema. Italian to English word and phrase translator and translation. Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 16 Apr. (Jalapida momida?) Has anyone else heard this tune or did my grandfather just make up some words just to entertain his grandchildren?. It was pronounced beet-ah-bahn-ya. La Mal Ladrino who steals the cheese. Also they never put the gender in both words, they just use the article. For capo fresco i came up with fresh head from google translate. It comes with maturing and a growing sense of wonder about people and the world. In my house,(and being a 3rd generation Napolidan/Sicilian-American) I had always understood the word Y E O as pronounced like while-yo. Colin McIntosh, Editor leave him alone! I cant find it anyone on the web. (come si chiama?) 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). Ashpeta comes from aspettare which among other things also means wait or expect. SCHIACCIARE.. Hi Ro My mother whose parents came from Sicily in the 1920s used to say aspetta (could sound like ashpeta) minuta. ): stinking breath. Ill smack your face if you dont stop it! ), was from Calabria. Find even more Italian to English translations added by our users, in the Italian-English Collaborative Dictionary. We use it a lot because its fun to say. dont embarass me!/stop embarrasing me! can dance the best to the terrintella love sausage sandwiches and . Luigi. If so, do you know what dialect it is? Itll be interesting to see how many generations these phrases live on in North America, or will they get lost in the broth of the melting pot? German slur meaning "cat eater". Scasciato/a = ruined, busted, messed-up. Hi Ralph, I remember my dad saying basnagol for basil. BTW, my Italian roots are from Chicago. Reading this has brought back a lot of memories, especially of the holiday celebrations we had at this time of year. R everso offers you the best tool for learning English, the Italian English dictionary containing commonly used words and expressions, along with thousands of Italian entries and their English translation, added in the dictionary by our users. Trying to get a spelling and meaning for ga gatz or just gatz. Somaterita ; Note: Popularized in the 1970s by The Godfather character Santino Corleone, biangolin bleach (bianco lino) [byaan-GO-leen], bicciuridu my little boy/my little baby (piccolo bambino) [BEECH-oo-REE-doo], bisgott cookie (biscotti) [beesh-GAWT], boombots nickname for an idiot (u pazzo); Note: As in Vinnie Boombots [boom-BAATS], boxugeddu box (box per oggetti) [baax-oo-JED-oo], braggiol meat and sauce/male anatomy (bracciole) [BRAAJH-oel], brosciutt/prosciutt italian ham (prosciutto) [BRAAJH-oot]/[PRAAJH-oot], buttagots/butta gazz annoying idiot (buttana u cazzo) [boo-taa-GAATS], buttann/puttann b_tch/whore (putanna); Note: more mild than sciaquadell [boo-TAAN], calabres Calabrian (calabrese); Note: can refer to people, objects, customs, etc. Capece?? faccia tosta > faccia tos(ta) > faccia dos. I also write travel stories. Scan text in image by pointing camera to search in dictionary. For example, in the Florentine dialect the word for mouse is topo. As we try to make it easy for you to translate into Italian the English words and expressions, you are given the possibility to see synonyms of a word, conjugate it and obtain the word pronunciation, or even add another meaning to the English-Italian dictionary . History is not static and the history of Sicily and southern Italy is very complex. It offers you quick access to synonyms, pronunciation and conjugation of a word, By adding words or expressions to the online dictionaries you can position yourself as a language expert, If you don`t know a word meaning you can start a discussion on it, or ask for its English Italian translation. My family was Calabrezz. Also remember some of those actors were not Italians and they were trying to speak proper New York Napuledan. Its male di cuah. Anyone else remember this or know what the last word was (I know male di)? The entire song is made up of corrupted Italian words. iPhone. (They used pee pots inside for when it was too cold at night in the winter to go outside). escarole (mah-down, with down like own). Linguists classify Sicilian as a language, not a dialect. (vai a fare in culo) [faan-GOOL], fraggiol beans (fraggiole) [FRAA-joal], frittat/fritad fried egg dish (frittata) [fr-TAAD], fuidi dogu! Thats because the immigrants all spoke dialect, mostly from the Italian Southern regions. (la sorella!/tua sorella ( una putana)!) I needed just the right word in not quite mobspeak, just the right slang rendering of something Sicilian but not so sinister, for a certain type of idiot, and here I found it, the exact right word in no language but the one we collectively share. The PONS Italian - English online dictionary is a free online resource for everybody. Shah-quad. would stand for daquato- which is something like watered down or watered. I think it was meant as te gette u sangue which would mean Im gonna make you bleed, or more like Ill beat the blood out of you! (che peccato!) Angelo, Karen, Yes we did! of the greatest in its field. The Jane that you thought you were hearing was likely the ci at the end (which is pronounced with a ch sound). My grandpa always pronounces it cooloo. I have no idea if this is a standard Gabbagul word or if its just because he never learned to speak Italian. Which makes sense, sending something irritating in to the mix. And the simple meal of macaroni and beans sounded something like basta vasool rather than pasta e fagioli. How was beata pronounced like be ata or as in English to beat? Get results from both the General dictionary and the Collaborative one through one single interface! Thank you for anything you can tell meI am writing a chapter of a book, thinking about these things. Yes I dont think to them I was the best child but the more I tried to please them the bigger the hole I dug! Se ne andato. How do you say and spell castle in the neapolitain dialect? Depends on how he pronounced it and in what context. My nona used to yell that at my brother whenever hed sneak her Livfesaver candies! CIAO! Images for hundreds of entries. Meaning wait some of us say Aspett for short (ahh-spet-ah/ahh-spet). In other words the car is a bone crusher cuz it bounces around so much. I am inclined to agree with both of your posts. Maria Comito xxx. [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! Im also from No. In my house it was scula pasta, and the pasta sounded more like basta. why, how beautiful! (a fa Napoli) [faa-NAA-boe-laa], fatti gatti due!/vatoli vatoli due! But the words he used (Forgive Spelling) was Sanguemi sanutsumi sanguemi. I thought that was the word for bleach cause I used the word in class once (ONLY) & everyone (teacher too) thought I was Oobatz!! watch out, youre gonna get hurt! You can complete the translation of American given by the English-Italian Collins dictionary with other dictionaries such as: Wikipedia, Lexilogos, Larousse dictionary, Le Robert, Oxford, Grvisse when I was a kid, I used to joke that there must be something about living closer to the Equator making you drop the endings off words. I would think Zi Francesc leaving off the o in zio (uncle) and the o in Francesco, In the Napolidan language they dislike using word endings to denote gender. I work with a gal whose family is Italian-American (makes a great Feast of the Seven Fishes, but I digress). And, in everyday life, for example, it was especially enlightening for us to discover that a scula pasta is a collander and a cupino is a ladle! American n. (resident of the Western Hemisphere) (residente dell'emisfero occidentale) americano, americana nm, nf. I love this story. This site starts at the very beginning of the dictionary, and makes me scroll down through the entire comments section. Think of it somewhat like Hawaii and the US in that Hawaii also has its own history different from mainland US. So many memories! She called it a coolie. She also used to say ammunini (among many other Sicilian words) which meant come with me or lets go. Well, the big fish eat the little fish. I am a 1st. Before there was indoor plumbing and toilets, there was the back or out house. I know what fangool means, but not the rest of it. Or, browse the Cambridge Dictionary index. Change). A lot of thought and heart have gone into this website congratulations . Putting this together in one succinct place was very fun, and I hope it is helpful. These people are sovanilla..its so boring! Funny thing: I am from Pittsburgh, PA and understood and remember the vast majority of these words and phrases being used (though some of the consonant sounds are a bit harder i.e. what are you doing? Best Italian-Italian Dictionary: Treccani. Fa la cerimonia. Her family was from the Naples area. (kind of similar to our English word buffet, likely of French origin). Then, after high school and college Italian, I learned about Professor Cipolla, of New Yorks John Hopkins University, who leads Arba Sicula, a I was a French Canadian married into a Brooklyn/LI family. YA DONE GOOD ! Sicily was also a Norman kingdom, Sicilians have viking blood. Many thanks for sharing! it shows affection. [aa-faa-NAA-boe-laa], agita heartburn/indigestion (acidit) [AA-jih-tuh], ammonini! young goats) just as children are sometimes so called in English. You are correct with pichadu. what the f are you doing? It could simply refer to someone who is not well off. He shit his pants. We lived in my Sicilian grandfathers home and I heard lots of these expressions from him and my numerous relatives. Vecha Strega my aunts crazy mean mother-in-law, or old witch., lots of these are non-sense for me and im italian , gita schlamorta gita mort You ought to die spitting blood.. ( a very bad curse), fanabola te parida angula sord Your father and your sister should burn in hell together (another bad curse), fanabola te parida angula sord bascially to hell with your father and your sisters ass also. The meaning of this phrase as I understood it growing up was bold or brazen or . get down from there! [aa-moe-NEE-nee], andosh!/andosc lets go! Check out the Gattopardo (OK, its Lampedusa, but gives an idea). I love that you mention gagutz. I would love to have them all and their slangs with me today!! Her mother had red hair and brown eyes. i grew up in cicero, il n most italians in my neighborhood were calabrese as i am. I guess it was the Mangiese la zudiccie that she was trying to say. CHECK OUT YOU TUBE FOR TOP 40 HITS OF 1945 BY SAMMY KAYEWORDS AND MUSIC.HAVE FUN SINGING IT WITH YOUR KIDS ETC.CIAO ANGELO STREET BRAT FROM THE BRONX NOW IS BOSTON. They seemed to speak the same or similar dialects. 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!. Anyone ever hear of the word yachetone (spelling??) This was very helpful in researching words and phrases that my grandparents used. I realize that this isnt about recipes, but I have not been able to find the recipe for a dish my family called moo-en-zahn, or pickled eggplant. Im looking for one other phrase, something my grandfather said when he was given food that he thought lacked salt or was too bland. where i guess they curse the dead? fun, outgoing personalities LOVE for their families and freinds can always spice things up with a little scandal hold grudges FOREVER :) tend to have the same friends are never ashamed of their family very driven goal oriented people its own race separate from italians in italy very teasing and joking all of em are good cooks! Just one search also brings you definitions from the Password EnglishItalian Learners Dictionary. Especially, when they didnt want us to know what they were talking about. Frustrated, she said, macaroni stoppa, water gawhead. The owner knew exactly what she meant and got her one. Anybody ever hear that word, maybe know the dialect, Im intrigued. Love this!! Bilingual English to Italian and Italian to English dictionary. Hi Laura, (vai a fare in culo) [faan-GOOL], fraggiol beans (fraggiole) [FRAA-joal], frittat/fritad fried egg dish (frittata) [fr-TAAD], fuidi dogu! I have another question- know this isnt the right place to post it, but how and where on this page do I start a new comment or question? You know bella shaquat? What you heard is probably a pizza as in would you like a pizza ?The other phrase in standard Italian likely translates into un poco di latto or in Englisha little bit of milk. !, P.S. In Italian: la Zia. In Californias 1970s San Francisco Bay Area, a lot of us, who grew up with Sicilian in the home and among our family and friends, did not know until our high school Italian class teacher informed us, that what we knew, was not Italian: for example, idda and iddu were not Italian for he (Lui) and she (Lei); piccirriddu and piccirridda were not Italian for little boy (Ragazzino) and little girl (Ragazzina); and, areri was not Italian for again (di nuovo). Thats an easy one, to save time!!!! oh goodness thank you for this. Im telling you because if you ever come to Italy and say that, it is really really unpolite , Also, to the writer of the post, cornuto is not the unfaithful husband but the husband whose wife is unfaithful . Also, coo-pa-LEEN, for a wool hat (ski hat). It is common in southern Italy for the vowel o to be replaced by u and for the consonant t to be replaced by a d. we are from Bari in Puglia. Italy began as a loose collection of city states that grew to regions and has only been considered a unified country for a century or so. Id hate to have a last name like that. When they used to watch me when i was little, i didnt alwyas understnad them. There were others but cant remember them right now. Reading these words and most everyones was awesome! As for GWOT city BEP an Italian friend of mine has no idea. Great collection of the Italian words and phrases I heard growing up in the 1950s on the east coast. (LogOut/ The biggest diffrerence I see is that the people here add an ah sound at the end of the words. One thing I didnt see (but hear all the time, especially from older women, like my mother-in-law) is Oo-di! Its used in a moment of panic, like when the mopeen (also mopeena, ie dishtowel) catches on fire because youve been waving it around the gas stove as you talk, while youre cooking. U instead of il. These meant your face or your sisters face. I remember a lot of these. Will credit this site for the help. Thank you so much for this. So where I have a G, may be a C, etc. Maronn or Maronna is simply the southern Italys dialects form for Madonna. Note that this phrase may not be very common. Meaning, Mother Mary. ventra? Yes, Pizza Frizza. I was told it was a standard Italian greeting; my aunt went so far as to have her license plate changed to read Y-E-O! A living language is one that constantly changes to reflect its new environment. Thats the way my Dad (Elmont, LI by way of Lower Manhattan) pronounced it and the only way my brother and I know how to say it, There are many instances where southern Italian dialects substitute the sound [b] for [p] and [d] for [t], in addition to the vowel [u] for [o]. be quiet! [way-goom-BAH], ufratu your brother (il fratello/tuo fratello) [oo-FRAA-too], umbriag/umbriacc/umbriago intoxicated (ubriaco) [oom-bree-YAAG], usorda your sister (la sorella/tua sorella) [oo-SOAR-daa], vaffangul!/baffangul!/ f you! Back to cornuto, although it could mean unfaithful husband, in English it is Cuckhold or a man who watches his wife have sex with other men either by his own or the wifes demands. skee-votes (eww, something gross, a verb) What am I doing wrong? They knew nothing (other than hearsay) of what was ahead, but were convinced a better life for their family kids was across the ocean. Spoken and understood here in Kearny, NJ and our roots in Brooklyn. how do you say uncle frank in the neapolitan dialect????? My mom said because it made the whites as bright as the moon. Where the work, of course, is intended extremely hard physically (like working in a farm, in mines ecc..). Thanks a lot. We grew up in Spokane and I was was around no one else that used them. Just a couple hours ago my Irish nephew called me from upstate New York to ask Uncle Joe, how do you spell Gomba? We both turned on the computers and found HERE that the correct spelling is GOOMBA. I cant believe it! Or, mezza stunard; scumbari; gatzee (maybe from Yiddish) and chiaccheressa (chatterbox) something I was often accused of being. Fascinating stuff for anybody like me who just cant get enough fun out of the words I already know. I have heard many of these words used by Italian Americans. It was only after I studied Italian in University that I realized this is properly neanche uno. I remember almost all the words and phrases on your list and occasionally use some of them still! I am Sicilian and grew up in the SF Bay Area. (ma che bella) [maa-KAY-bell], ma che quest? Immigrants to North America were forced to invent new words for things which simply did not exist in their old country. I grew up in North Jersey This was the Italian I heard on the street. her name was the American Ozzi. Look up a word or a phrase by typing it in the search box. Could be check dice or in Neapolitan it would sound phonetically more like che deesh ? Whats the word for pasta strainer thats something like: scewda macaron, I know exactly what you are talking about. Its interesting to hear about ones different from the dialects Im used to from various areas of Italy. Italian-English Dictionary - The Letter H. Zuppa di . American Italianis an Italian-American pidgin languagedeveloped in the early 20th century by Italian immigrants settling in American cities and metropolitanareas, especially in New York and New Jersey. E BENE, CHE COSA VUOI PER CENA? year. Best wishes, a (insert childs name hear) goo abanza aginarey, rey, rey! And, my son, after going to college and living in Manhattan for a few years picked on me for my use of the Italian-American forms of everyday Italian words. My grandfather was from Naples and he would sing to his grandchildren the following song: I forgot to mention fesse meant fool, also. to annoy. woodza woo dza means a hole or place to keep extra money, coom asti you = how are you, half English, Im a native Italian speaker. Scala facia mia! My grandmother was from a village near Naples..she used to say ,when ever one of us spoke too loud with the Windows open basteched Hi Karen Sorry did not see your message until now a year later in 2016! I too miss all the sounds, aromas, tastes, hugs and love when growing up near an Italian kitchen. It was beautiful something, for sure! Wonderful! Great list .. ny dads favorite thing he 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. I dont know if this thread/site is still active or open, but if so, can anyone shed some light on this for me? I have many more. In fact, when one of us kids would pour a big glass of water or milk ot whatever, my Dad would say, look at the pichadua, meaning like a big piss pot. My father used these words all time. My own perception of what my Calabrese parents were saying was something akin to pruvulun(e) (official Italian provolone). Its not canmma-nooch that Sonny says, speaking directly to Tom Hagen (although others may have been entering at the time). As Carol Burnett sang, thanks for the memories Jeannine S. In my family in Worcester, MA, my Sicilian Grandmother would sing this song. While growing up in the Bronx, I never (fully) realized totality of the sacrifice made by those who left all behind to save their family and send money home to allow more to come to America and help family who were to old, frail or sick to make the voyage. My mothers favorites were, Ti Potza schiatta, Potza yetta u sangue.

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