pizza

→ Albanian: picë

→ Arabic: بِيتْزَا (bītzā)

⇒? Armenian: պիցցա (picʻcʻa)

→ Belarusian: пі́ца (píca)

→ Bulgarian: пи́ца (píca)

→ Burmese: ပီဇာ (pija)

→ Catalan: pizza

→? Chinese: 比薩 /比萨 (bǐsà)

→ Czech: pizza

→ Danish: pizza

→ Dutch: pizza

→ Estonian: pitsa

→ French: pizza

→ German: Pizza

→ Greek: πίτσα (pítsa)

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→ Hebrew: פִּיצָה

→ Hebrew: פִּיצָה

→ Hungarian: pizza

→ Icelandic: pitsa

→ Indonesian: piza

→ Irish: píotsa

→ Japanese: ピザ

→ Khmer: ភីហ្សា (phiizaa)

→ Korean: 피자 (pija)

→ Latvian: pica

→ Lithuanian: picà

→ Macedonian: пица (pica)

→? Maltese: pizza

→ Norwegian Bokmål: pizza

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: pizza

→ Polish: pizza

→ Portuguese: pizza

→ Romanian: pizza

→ Russian: пи́цца (pícca) (see there for further descendants)

⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: пи̏ца

Latin script: pȉca

→ Slovak: pizza

→ Slovene: pīca

→ Spanish: pizza

→ Swedish: pizza

→ Turkish: pizza

→ Turkmen: pissa

→ Ukrainian: пі́ца (píca)

1590, as Neapolitan pizza (Velardiniello, La storia de cient'anne arreto). Likely related to Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”) (12th century);
the origin of the Greek word is itself uncertain. Also possibly from Lombardic bizzo.

der

Si è arrabbiato così tanto che mi ha tirato una pizza!

He got so angry that he slapped my face!

(idiomatic, slang, chiefly central Italy) slap, smack (on the face)


je

tlb

(dialectal, Romanesco and central Italy)

alternative form of gli (3ʳᵈ-person masculine singular dative pronoun; 3ʳᵈ-person masculine/feminine plural dative pronoun)

gli

alternative form of le (3ʳᵈ-person feminine singular dative pronoun)


sano

it-adj

sano (feminine sana, masculine plural sani, feminine plural sane)

sana (feminine)
sani (masculine plural)
sane (feminine plural)

From Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”).

der

Il vetro è rimasto sano dopo la caduta.

The glass remained intact after the fall.

(rare, central Italy, southern Italy, by extension) freedom from harm or danger; the condition of being safe and sound; safety, intactness


babbo

From Vulgar Latin *bábbọ, accusative-ablative form of *bábbọs, childish term of onomatopoeic origin.

ché non è impresa da pigliare a gabbo ¶ discriver fondo a tutto l'universo, ¶ né da lingua che chiami mamma o babbo.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXII, page 471, lines 7–9:

For 'tis no enterprise to take in jest, ¶ to sketch the bottom of all the universe, ¶ nor for a tongue that cries for Mom or Dad.

(regional, central Italy, Florentine, informal) dad, daddy

central Italy; Florentine; central Italy; Florentine


-aro

it-noun

-aro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari, feminine -ara)

(dialectal, chiefly central Italy) alternative form of -aio


ovo

(Tuscany, central Italy) alternative form of uovo


abbacchio

From Latin ad baculum (“on a rod”), referring to a lamb tied to a rod. Compare bacchio.

(central Italy, Romanesco) lamb (meat, especially from a very young animal)


frappa

Borrowed from Old French frape, of uncertain origin.

(usually in the plural, central Italy) type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings


ciuco

it-adj

ciuco (feminine ciuca, masculine plural ciuchi, feminine plural ciuche)

ciuca (feminine)
ciuchi (masculine plural)
ciuche (feminine plural)

Compare the form cicco and Corsican chjucu.


marzaiola

(central Italian) synonym of alzavola (“teal”)


compro

compro (feminine compra, masculine plural compri, feminine plural compre)

compra (feminine)
compri (masculine plural)
compre (feminine plural)

Unsuffixed past participle of comprare (“to buy”).

pasta compra

Pare compro!

Looks bought! (e.g. of a fruit with very little imperfections)

(dialectal, central Italy or archaic, poetic) bought, purchased


ammazza

ammazza! (canonical)
ammappa (alternative euphemistic)

Ammazza, quant'è stupido, questo!

(chiefly Romanesco and central Italian) expressing surprise; damn!, goddamn!


ammazzate

(chiefly Romanesco and central Italian) alternative form of ammazzete (“damn!, goddamn!”, expressing surprise)


zappo

From the same source as Albanian cjap and Romanian țap (“he-goat”).


foco

(archaic except in Tuscany and central Italy) alternative form of fuoco


-ara

(dialectal, chiefly central Italy) alternative form of -aia


carpire

it-verb

carpìre (first-person singular present carpìsco, first-person singular past historic carpìi, past participle carpìto, auxiliary avére)

carpìre (canonical)
carpìsco (first-person present singular)
carpìi (first-person historic past singular)
carpìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
carpìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
carpèndo (gerund)
carpènte (participle present)
carpìto (participle past)
carpìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
carpìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
carpìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
carpiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
carpìte (indicative plural present second-person)
carpìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
carpìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
carpìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
carpìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
carpivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
carpivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
carpìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
carpìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
carpìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
carpì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
carpìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
carpìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
carpìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
carpirò (first-person future indicative singular)
carpirài (future indicative second-person singular)
carpirà (future indicative singular third-person)
carpirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
carpiréte (future indicative plural second-person)
carpirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
carpirèi (conditional first-person singular)
carpirésti (conditional second-person singular)
carpirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
carpirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
carpirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
carpiréste (conditional plural second-person)
carpirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
carpirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
carpìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
carpìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
carpìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
carpiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
carpiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
carpìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
carpìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
carpìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
carpìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
carpìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
carpìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
carpìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
carpìsci (imperative second-person singular)
carpìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
carpiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
carpìte (imperative plural second-person)
carpìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
carpìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
carpìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
carpiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
carpìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
carpìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(archaic or central Italy) to catch; to grab


mugnaia

(central Italy) synonym of mignattino (“black tern”)


maritozzo

→ English: maritozzo

→ Japanese: マリトッツォ (maritottso)

From marito (“husband”) + -ozzo (augmentative suffix), possibly because it used to be given to a girl by her fiancé.

affix

(central Italy, chiefly Romanesco) maritozzo (type of sweet bun)

central Italy; chiefly Romanesco; central Italy; chiefly Romanesco


sisa

Compare Albanian sisë, Serbo-Croatian sȉsa /си̏са. Compare also Italian zizza.

(especially central Italy, colloquial) teat, nipple


ammazzalo

ammazzalo! (canonical)
ammappalo (alternative euphemistic)

(chiefly Romanesco and central Italian) alternative form of ammazzelo (“damn!, goddamn!”, expressing surprise)


fargliela

it-verb

fàrgliela (pronominal, first-person singular present gliela fàccio, first-person singular past historic gliela féci, past participle fàttogliela, first-person singular imperfect gliela facévo, second-person singular imperative fàgliela, auxiliary avére)

fàrgliela (canonical)
gliela fàccio (first-person present singular)
gliela féci (first-person historic past singular)
fàttogliela (participle past)
gliela facévo (first-person imperfect singular)
fàgliela (imperative second-person singular)
avére (auxiliary)
fàrgliela (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
facèndogliela (gerund)
facèntegliela (participle present)
fàttogliela (participle past)
gliela fàccio (first-person indicative present singular)
gliela fài (indicative present second-person singular)
gliela fà (indicative present singular third-person)
gliela facciàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
gliela fàte (indicative plural present second-person)
gliela fànno (indicative plural present third-person)
gliela facévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
gliela facévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
gliela facéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gliela facevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
gliela facevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
gliela facévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
gliela féci (first-person historic indicative past singular)
gliela facésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
gliela féce (historic indicative past singular third-person)
gliela facémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
gliela facéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
gliela fécero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
gliela farò (first-person future indicative singular)
gliela farài (future indicative second-person singular)
gliela farà (future indicative singular third-person)
gliela farémo (first-person future indicative plural)
gliela faréte (future indicative plural second-person)
gliela farànno (future indicative plural third-person)
gliela farèi (conditional first-person singular)
gliela farésti (conditional second-person singular)
gliela farèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
gliela farébbe (conditional singular third-person)
gliela farémmo (conditional first-person plural)
gliela faréste (conditional plural second-person)
gliela farèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
gliela farébbero (conditional plural third-person)
gliela fàccia (first-person present singular subjunctive)
gliela fàccia (present second-person singular subjunctive)
gliela fàccia (present singular subjunctive third-person)
gliela facciàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
gliela facciàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
gliela fàcciano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
gliela facéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gliela facéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gliela facésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
gliela facéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
gliela facéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
gliela facéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fàgliela (imperative second-person singular)
gliela fàccia (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
facciàmogliela (first-person imperative plural)
fàtegliela (imperative plural second-person)
gliela fàcciano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
fàrgliela (imperative negative second-person singular)
gliela fàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
gliela fàccia (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
facciàmogliela (first-person imperative negative plural)
gliela facciàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
fàtegliela (imperative negative plural second-person)
gliela fàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
gliela fàcciano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Ahó, ma jaa fai?

Meno male ch'è venerdì ché gnaa faccio più.

Meno male che è venerdì perché non gliela faccio più.

Good thing it's Friday 'cause I can't take this anymore.

Dopo du' anni j'hoo fatta!

(central Italy, dialectal) alternative form of farcela (“succeed”)


zampicare

zampicàre (first-person singular present zàmpico, first-person singular past historic zampicài, past participle zampicàto, auxiliary avére)

tlb

(uncommon, intransitive, regional, central Italy, northern Italy)

zampicàre (canonical)
zàmpico (first-person present singular)
zampicài (first-person historic past singular)
zampicàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
zampicàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
zampicàndo (gerund)
zampicànte (participle present)
zampicàto (participle past)
zàmpico (first-person indicative present singular)
zàmpichi (indicative present second-person singular)
zàmpica (indicative present singular third-person)
zampichiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
zampicàte (indicative plural present second-person)
zàmpicano (indicative plural present third-person)
zampicàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
zampicàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
zampicàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zampicavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
zampicavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
zampicàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
zampicài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
zampicàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
zampicò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
zampicàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
zampicàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
zampicàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
zampicherò (first-person future indicative singular)
zampicherài (future indicative second-person singular)
zampicherà (future indicative singular third-person)
zampicherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
zampicheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
zampicherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
zampicherèi (conditional first-person singular)
zampicherésti (conditional second-person singular)
zampicherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
zampicherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
zampicherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
zampicheréste (conditional plural second-person)
zampicherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
zampicherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
zàmpichi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
zàmpichi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
zàmpichi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
zampichiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
zampichiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
zàmpichino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
zampicàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
zampicàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
zampicàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
zampicàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
zampicàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
zampicàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
zàmpica (imperative second-person singular)
zàmpichi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
zampichiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
zampicàte (imperative plural second-person)
zàmpichino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
zampicàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
zàmpichi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
zampichiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
zampicàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
zàmpichino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


abbacchiaro

(dialectal, chiefly central Italy) butcher (especially one who sells young lamb)


agretto

Tra gli ortaggi pronti io vi consiglio barba di frate (agretti in centro Italia), bietole […]

2006, Grazia Balducci, La cucina veloce, Tecniche Nuove, →ISBN, page 55:

(in the plural, cooking, central Italy) synonym of barba di frate


caprareccia

From Late Latin caprāricia, from Latin capra (“goat”). By surface analysis, capra + -areccia.

(regional, central Italy) a rural road walked by flocks of sheep or goats


Cattaneo

From Late Latin capitāneus (“captain”), from caput (“head”).

Cattanei (alternative)
Cattani (alternative)

(chiefly northern Italy, central Italy) a surname


merco

Deverbal from mercare (“to brand”) + -o.

(archaic except central Italy) brand (mark made by burning)


ammazzelo

ammazzelo! (canonical)
ammazzalo (alternative)
ammappelo (alternative euphemistic)

Equivalent to Standard Italian ammazzalo (literally “kill him!”).


ammazzete

ammazzete! (canonical)
ammazzate (alternative)
ammappete (alternative euphemistic)

Equivalent to Standard Italian ammazzati (literally “kill yourself!”).


zagana

(regional, central Italian) a wool or silk ribbon used to trim or hem women's clothing


petonciano

petonciani (plural)
petonciana (alternative)
petronciana (alternative)
petronciano (alternative)

From Arabic بَاتِنْجَان (bātinjān), from now archaic Persian باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī, “aubergine”). Compare melanzana.

der

Sono da preferirsi i petonciani piccoli e di mezzana grandezza, nel timore che i grossi non siano amari per troppa maturazione.

1876, Pellegrino Artusi, La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene [The Science of Cooking and the Art of Fine Dining], BUR, published 2010, →ISBN:

Small or medium-sized aubergines should be preferred, fearing the bigger ones are bitter due to excessive ripeness.

Nei diversi dialetti italiani la melanzana è denominata petonciano, petronciano o petronciana, merinzana, maranzana, merignani (nel Lazio), malignane (in Campania), milangiane (in Calabria), mulinciani (in Sicilia) e dizioni similari.

2014, Giovanni Ballarini, La cucina dei numeri primi [The Cookery of Prime Numbers], Tarka, →ISBN:

In the various dialects of Italy eggplant is named petonciano, petronciano or petronciana, merinzana, maranzana, merignani (in Lazio), malignane (in Campania), milangiane (in Calabria), mulinciani (in Sicily) and similar denominations.

(rare, central Italy, chiefly Tuscan) aubergine (British); eggplant (US)

central Italy; chiefly Tuscan; central Italy; chiefly Tuscan


pizzicarolo

From pizzicare (“to burn”, from the sale of spicy foods) + -arolo.

af

Era uno granne carmino, dico, de macellari.
Et de piczecaroli, et delli tabernari.
Et de ferrari ancora, et delli causulari;
Contarese non porrìa quanti pagaro denari.

c. 1362, Buccio di Ranallo, Cronaca aquilana:

It was a big walk, I say, of buthcers,
And of grocers, and of innkeepers.
And also of ironsmiths, and of shoemakers;
One couldn't count how much money they paid.


lattaiolo

lattaioli (plural)
lattaiuolo (alternative)

From latte (“milk”) + -aiolo (adjectival derivational suffix).

suffix

(regional, central Italian) a traditional dessert in areas of Tuscany and Marche


daje

da' (“give!”, 2ⁿᵈ-person singular imperative) + je (“to him/her/it/them”, 3ʳᵈ-person dative pronoun) (dialectal).

com

je<t:to him/her/it/them><qq:dialectal><pos:3ʳᵈ-person dative pronoun>

Dunque, tu daje la Costituzzione; / la pijeranno pe’ ’na cosa seria / e tu lì resterai sempre er patrone!

1905, Augusto Sindici, “La Russia...?”, in L'illustrazione popolare - Giornale per le famiglie, number 18, Milan: Fratelli Treves, published 1905 April 2, section IV, page 284:

And so, give them the Constitution: they're going to take it seriously, and you're going to keep being their master!

alternative form of dagli and dalle: give (to) him/her/it/them


daje

Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance: alright, OK

e lui daje, daje, daje strillava come un Lupomanaro; e nun se stava mai fermo sur cavallo, e diceva, foco, foco, foco[…]

1849, “Parte prima”, in Grande riunione tenuta nella sala dell'ex Circolo Popolare in Roma, Rome: Tipografia Paterno, page 35:

and he was yelling like a banshee: "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"; and he couldn't sit still on his horse, saying: "Fire! Fire! Fire!" […]

Used as a call to put a plan into action: let's go!, come on!

Used to express joy, celebration, glee, etc: yeah! woohoo! yippee!

«Forza a la machina![…] Daje Camilla!»

1887, “Per Bigonzone”, in Giuseppe Cardarelli, editor, L'urtimo de carnovale: tradizioni e scenette originali in dialetto orvietano, Orvieto: Marsilio Marsili, page 22:

"Come on, to the car! […] Hurry up, Camilla!"

Used to express frustration, exasperation, or impatience: come on! hurry up!


pajata

Tagliate la pajata in pezzi lunghi circa 25 cm, piegateli e legate le estremità a formare delle “ciambelline”; lavatele e asciugatele delicatamente.

2010, Daniela Guaiti, “Rigatoni con la pajata”, in Lazio (La grande cucina regionale italiana [Great regional Italian cooking]), Verona: Edizioni Gribaudo, →ISBN, page 62:

Cut up the pajata in pieces about 25 cm long, twist them, and tie up the ends [of each piece], forming little "donuts"; wash them, and carefully dry them up.

the jejunum of an unweaned calf (or, rarely, of a young ox) containing chyme, used as food

C'ho (a proposito) na porzioncina abbondante de pajata de vitella, ch'è proprio ar mifone, cor sugo de pommidoro tirato …

1871 September 2, “Dialigo [Dialogue]”, in La frusta - Giornale politico morale [The Whip - Moral-political journal], page 806:

By the way, I have this nice, big portion of calf pajata, that's really good, with thick tomato sauce…

[Olimpia]: Che sono?
[Onofrio]: Questi sono rigatoni co' la pajata.
[Olimpia]: La pajata... Che cos'è?
[Onofrio]: "Che è"?... Beh, è mejo che non tô dico, sennò... Mangiali, prima; dopo tô dico.

1981, Bernardino Zapponi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Tullio Pinelli, directed by Mario Monicelli, Il marchese del Grillo [Marquis Del Grillo], spoken by Olimpia and Marquis Onofrio Del Grillo (Caroline Berg and Alberto Sordi):

[Olimpia]: What are these?
[Onofrio]: These are rigatoni with pajata.
[Olimpia]: Pajata... What's that?
[Onofrio]: "What's that," you say?... Well, it's best that I don't tell you, or... Eat them first; then I'll tell you.

(cooking) a dish consisting of the above entrail tied in a ring, and cooked with onion, lard, parsley, and celery, with addition of tomato sauce and white wine (also used as dressing for pasta)

[…] i ragazzi che gestiscono l’attività sono aperti ad accontentare tutti i tipi di visitatori, purché pedalino! Il che, quando si stanno fagocitando carbonare, pajate e supplì senza tregua, non è una cattiva idea.

2015, Laura Mancini, “(Alcuni) quartieri di Roma”, in Roma underground - Una guida anticonformista e low cost [Underground Rome - A non-conformist, low-cost guide], Reggio Emilia: Imprimatur, Free Bike Tours, page 23:

[…] the youths managing the business are willing to satisfy all kinds of visitors, as long as they pedal! Which, when you're non-stop gulping down carbonaras, [plates of] pajata [pasta], and suppli, is not a bad idea.

(cooking) a serving of pasta dressed with the above preparation


renello

From rena (“sand”) + -ello (diminutive suffix).

affix

(central Italy) synonym of smeriglio (“merlin”)


fottivento

Verb-object compound, composed of fotti (“to fuck”) + vento (“wind”), from their quick and acrobatic flying style.

it-verb-obj

synonym of succiacapre (“Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)”)

Caprimulgus europaeus
Caprimulgus europaeus#Translingual

succiacapre

(central Italy):
synonym of mignattino (“black tern”)


diego

(central Italy) synonym of pettirosso (“European robin”)


petragnola

petragnole (plural)
petraiola (alternative)

Oenanthe oenanthe
Oenanthe oenanthe#Translingual

(regional, central Italy) synonym of culbianco (“northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)”)


gazzarro

Turdus viscivorus
Turdus viscivorus#Translingual

(central Italian) synonym of tordela (“mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)”)


mangiaapi

Verb-object compound, composed of mangia (“to eat”) + api (“bees”).

(central Italy) synonym of gruccione (“European bee-eater”)


teccola

Probably a conflation of taccola (“jackdaw”) with the above lemma.


tecca

(central Italy) synonym of pittima minore (“bar-tailed godwit”)

(central Italy) synonym of pittima reale (“black-tailed godwit”)


pagliata

(cooking) a dish consisting of the above entrail cooked with onion, lard, parsley, celery, with addition of tomato sauce and white wine (also used as dressing for pasta)


cuccustrettola

it-noun

cuccustrettola f (plural cuccustrettole)

ballerina bianca
ballerina bianca#Italian

(central Italy) synonym of ballerina bianca (“white wagtail”)

ballerina gialla
ballerina gialla#Italian

(central Italy) synonym of ballerina gialla (“grey wagtail”)


ciotto

it-adj

ciotto (feminine ciotta, masculine plural ciotti, feminine plural ciotte)

ciotta (feminine)
ciotti (masculine plural)
ciotte (feminine plural)

(central Italy) alternative form of chiotto


ondra

The l- likely fell by being rebracketed as the definite article, though note that the l- in the original Latin etymon is not etymological either. Compare also Neapolitan utra.

(central Italy, dialectal) alternative form of lontra


setaiola

(central Italy) synonym of zigolo giallo


tecchia

(central Italy) synonym of pittima reale


rosicone

From rosicare (“to envy”) + -one. First attested in 1907.

(Romanesco, central Italy, colloquial) one who becomes too jealous at the successes of others; sore loser


praio

From Latin pagrus, pager, variant of phager, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea-bream, braize”).


bizzoco

bizzochi (plural)
bizzocco (alternative)
bizzochero (alternative)

From Medieval Latin bizochus, of uncertain origin.

(regional, central Italy, derogatory) bigot


bizzoco

it-adj

bizzoco (feminine bizzoca, masculine plural bizzochi, feminine plural bizzoche)

bizzoca (feminine)
bizzochi (masculine plural)
bizzoche (feminine plural)
bizzocco (alternative)
bizzochero (alternative)

(regional, central Italy, derogatory) bigoted


mangiaticcio

[…] perchè stiano nello Spedale col debito contegno e riguardo senza fare strepito, nè mangiaticci nel detto Spedale […]

1783, Regolamento del regio arcispedale di Santa Maria Nuova di Firenze, page 147:

[…] so that they would stay in the hospital with due demeanor and with regard without causing din, nor shambles in said hospital […]

senza parlare del mangiaticcio di plastica che ha lasciato sui tappetini insieme alle pedate col grasso del pavimento dell'officina e le manate nere sul cruscotto...Un barbaro!

2008 January 8, “Antifurto satellitare”, in www.159ownersclub.it, archived from the original on 2022-09-08:

not to mention the shambles of plastic pieces that he left on the rugs together with the footprints in the oil of the mechanical workshop and the black handprints on the car's dashboard... A barbarian!

Racconta, ad esempio, Fulvia Esposto che a casa di una sua compagna c'era un moro, che aveva, alla base del tronco, una specie di segatura marrone, un magnaticcio di vermi e quello era, agli occhi delle bambine, farina, caffè, tè per fare l'infuso.

2009, Bruno Morbidelli, Carla Raffaeli, pizzichì pizzichì – chi ha magnado ‘l cacio chì?, Ostra, archived from the original on 2022-09-09, page 195:

For example, Fulvia Esposto says that at the house of one of her friends there was a mulberry, who had, at the base of the trunk, some kind of brown sawdust, a shambles of worms and that was, in the eyes of the girls, flour, coffee, tea to be brewed.

Grazie […], sotto quel tappetino c'è un bel mangiaticcio di ruggine fortunatamente solo dove è sfondo il tappeto....sono in paranoia

2012 January 31, “Vespa Super 125 '66 la rinascita”, in www.vespaforever.net, archived from the original on 2022-09-08:

Thanks […] , under that rug there's a shambles of rust luckily only where the rug is the background... I'm being paranoid

Quando il pescatore vede da qualche parte "l'erba a gallo", cioè l'erba del fondale che viene su a galla portata dalla corrente ("guarda, guarda ejelo, è tutto magnaticcio, c'è la bollonara in giro"), allora vuol dire che da qualche parte, intorno, c'è una "bollonara".

(Can we date this quote?), “Saperi tradizionali di pesca del lago di Bolsena: la pesca alla bollonara”, in www.culturalimentari.beniculturali.it, archived from the original on 2022-09-09:

When the fisherman sees somewhere the "[dialectal term]", that is the sea grass comes to the surface brought by the current ("look, look there it is, it's all shambles, there bollonara is around"), then that means that somewhere, around there, there is a "bollonara".

(regional, central Italy) rubbish of many pieces of small dimensions, resembling the remainders of an eating session


itria

(Norcia, Trevi, Muccia, dialectal)# alternative form of lontra


tacchia

Presumably from Germanic, compare German Zacke (“jag”), Danish tak (“jag, cog”).


papile

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.


toro marino

Botaurus stellaris
Botaurus stellaris#Translingual

Any bird in the Botaurus taxonomic genus

(strictly) Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)


gianna

synonym of airone cenerino (“grey heron”)