An important part of Italian American identity, the Italian language has been widely spoken in the United States of America for more than one hundred years, due to large-scale immigration beginning in the late 19th century. !, P.S. Yes. This is awesome, like a blast from the past miss my italian relatives, all long gone now. often incorporating the vernacular languages of the entire southern half of the Italian boot and some Americanisms as well. Im gonna make a guess on this one. Thanks for that. Shuncad lol! Italian to English word and phrase translator and translation. GLOBAL and PASSWORD are registered trademarks of Modulo diteur and used with its permission. Whats the word for pasta strainer thats something like: scewda macaron, I know exactly what you are talking about. Hey Vin, I grew up in central NJ with my Sicilian family in the 50s and 60s and all the words in this dictionary are what I heard around my house. [aa-faa-NAA-boe-laa], agita heartburn/indigestion (acidit) [AA-jih-tuh], ammonini! My mom is 2nd generation Italian. I have one more person to ask. They will always be saved in the comments section, which itself is a living document of the culture. And is there a word for adopted or adoption? I dont know how close this is to the recipe you grew up with, but heres one my Mom and Aunt used to make (Sicilian): I peal but you do as you like: When I would ask what that meant they would say, since I was just a 10 year old kid, It means Your toast is in the oven. These words are certainly used in Cleveland, Ohio too. Scudada = a rash on your butt (it hurt real bad) Why did they put A in front of so many things? Any thoughts?? [] American Italian: Dictionary | American Italian I grew up in South Philly and was 1st generation American. And, my mother used to say, fangool thea-de-mommeda. It makes me so homesick to read them now- my father is gone and I live on the West Coast. Communicate smoothly and use a free online translator to translate text, words, phrases, or documents between 90+ language pairs. it shows affection. I am in full agreement with you. It remains for us to preserve the sacred memory of this chapter of the American experience and not in the frequently misleading and exaggerated terms of television and film. Gavedelle = oval shaped hard cookies with a slight topping of crushed nuts. melodic. In parts of southern Italy we find the word buffetta. Grazie !!! Spoken at the end of an argument. (It may not be right, but remember, were talkin dialect here.). Thanks so much! I have sent this to many of my goombas that will love it !!! Tagged: agita, bensonhurst, brooklyn, butann, calabrese, capish, corleone, dialect, gabagul, gabbagul, godfather, goodfellas, goomba, goombah, guido, Italian, italian dialect, italiano, italy, made man, manhattan, neapolitan, pesci, sicilian, siciliano, slang, sopranos. Kecazzu fahyee duohKew? This is the official dictionary and hub of American Italian (containing the approximate spellings, meanings, etymology, and pronunciations), so it is not lost forever. I am happily married retired these days and my husband has soothed and smoothed out my worriies and my emotions now about my Mother for over 43 years God Bless Him! Then, after high school and college Italian, I learned about Professor Cipolla, of New Yorks John Hopkins University, who leads Arba Sicula, a As we said in the Tenements in da BRONX, My intentions are to make you aware that this is untrue. Anyone have any clue? Due to local influences, the dialects spoken by immigrants to North America have evolved quite differently from the original Calabrese dialects in southern Italy. My Aunt shared so many of her experiences with us, especially her story of coming to America as a 7 year old and her amazement seeing tall buildings and paved streets! I also seen laca (?) His mother, who died soon after his birth, also had blue eyes and blonde hair. He had blue eyes and blonde hair. And if you can get a hold of a copy of Fatso!. [ke-FYE], chepreca! Catalonia called Alt Catalan. Its nice to hear someone speak New York again as well as Italian slang! Nuts in the head or dick head? Reading these words and most everyones was awesome! I wonder how many of the Sicilian words are influenced by the ethnic history of Sicily. Karen, in southern Italy a lot of the dialects omit the l in a word e.g. Both individuals who said this were from possibly Naples, Bari or Sicily. Hey, maybe it was the Bronx/Yonkers version LOL!!! I studied French, Italian and Spanish. Cant begin to tell you how wonderful it is to have found this site. I dont know how to spell it properly in Italian, but it sounded like meen-gya-roll. Marone - (Southern Italian dialect) - literally "Madonna" (i.e. Change). To say: Ive got the AGITA means all the troubles are hitting the gut. I grew up in South Philly and was 1st generation American. annuiari. mind your own fing business! The spellings in thisdictionaryare somewhat arbitrary because these words do not truly belong to English or Italian; they are hybrid creations. Whenever they toast, they say, Salute per cent anni. (Pronounced, salutee per chento anni. History is not static and the history of Sicily and southern Italy is very complex. It made my day, as did this list! does anyone know what the sayingis and how it is really spelled?? In a small pot boil vinegar (3 parts vinegar plus 1 part water) 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. So rather than a death wish (as you have suggested), it is an observation or commentary on an existing state of affairs. It makes sense as Sicily is closer to Tunisia than Rome, 3 hours via boat.The Sicilian language is considered an actual language, not dialect, by linguists. watch out, youre gonna get hurt! Mi fa cagare literally translates to "it makes me poop.". My grandfather always said something like male di cuah when something was broken or not working. Also, unification was not so peaceful either, Sicilians fought against many invaders and conquerors through the centuries, including when Italy was unified. This is the official dictionary and hub of American Italian (containing the approximate spellings, meanings, etymology, and pronunciations), so it is not lost forever. (awundi ciunca?) (first part crazy, like in loco? semplicemente bellissimo. For example gar-bi-che (for garbage) yard-a (for yard) and bassa-men-to for basement). what are you doing? Go beyond dictionary lookups with Word of the Day, facts and observations on language, lookup trends, and wordplay from the editors at Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Thank you! I used to get called ma-jah-gul-loop. the new shows that are on today do not compare to the old shows.not even close. Im still not convinced that some of them arent. In Italian-English, thousands more terms that are not included in the main dictionary can be found in the WordReference Italian-English forum questions and answers. Another is caca!! another was Facheen a med possibly from va tine a media get lost at noon. and learn the NAPULETANO EXPRESSIONS. I dont mean bastardoI mean something more literal, something to describe an illegitimate child whose parents are unknown. EVIL THIEF..Check out Lou Montes Pepino the Italian Mouse 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). Its like nails on a chalk board when I hear people say man-i-cot-i, or bis-cot-i, rick-cotta, or pros-cute-oh. My aunt once told me that when the Sicilian Italians moved into the west side of Buffalo [1920s] she said that the Irish moved to south Buffalo LOL, it is true. May I suggest that an alternate pronunciation for provolone (especially auricchio) would be Bruva lune. This Italian dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the language as it is spoken and written around the world. As it happens, as a young kid I came across a description of a work of art as being a pastiche, and guessed, from knowing the word from Mom, that it meant a mash-up of sorts, and to my surprise, I found I was right; while its a French word which moved into English, its one of those cognate words which ends up NOT being a false friend. You know what they say in Italian traditore-traduttore (the translator-betrayer) so you always have to watch out. (kind of similar to our English word buffet, likely of French origin). The site offers two English-Italian dictionaries: The WordReference English-Italian Dictionary But, I do enjoy learning more and more about Italian people and their languages and traditions. It would be la matriciana but They also drop the last vowel in a word thus a Beetz They also drop the g in a word with gu guaglione is waglio guapo becomes wapo thus the slur Wop Dont know why but it is. i bebe mangia chicche chicchie (chicky chicky?) My father used these words all time. Oo vidi?. I still luv left-over pizza warmed in a frying pan! Crazy was POT-see. watch out, youre gonna get hurt! Also, its exact translation? 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). I would REALLY love to know more about this next word. Over 100,000 Italian translations of English words and phrases. The arguably best preserved Greek temple anywhere is one converted into a cathedral in Syracuse. It is the Images for hundreds of entries. Yo Michael, ) or Sicilan or half and half. What do you want for dinner? In the movie The Godfather, when Sollozzo meets with Don Corleone the first time, he makes the same sound. (I have heard French mocking French Canadian speech. I can remember my fathers people saying Hey! The languagewas prominent in United States cities on the East Coast, such as Newark, Paterson, New York City (especially Manhattan and Brooklyn), the cities of Long Island,Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston, but I am finding that it was spoken very similarly in the other regions of the US as well aspockets of Canada. As a kid in 1950s New Jersey, my mom, a second generation Italian, would say I had a magung face when I was sad (or angry?). Cu vinne? He went away. Brooklyn folks are nice peopleI liked it/them better than LI. Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. Really nice job! Its like having my grandmother here with me. ammazzari. Hopefully someone will answer us, but since most of these posts seem to be at least a year old, Idk if they will even see these. I havent researched it but clearly there is some connection between the English spouse (probably from Latin at some point) and the Italian word sposata (married female). Its usually used in the context of calling someone an idiot or something similar and was in common usage in Northern New Jersey in the 1970s-1990s (probably still is, but I dont live there anymore so I couldnt really say. ) The term i morti di fame (those who die from hunger) is very interesting in the context of understanding our 19th and early 20th century Italian immigrant ancestors concept of social welfare. !Thanks to Tony Soprano, my 16 year old thinks its so cool to say gabbagulto my mothers dismay. 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. It means someone who talks too much, or at least thats how we use it in our family! These words still ring in my ears from the voices of my grandparents, my parents, relatives, the shopkeepers, my old barber, the old folks on our porches and some of my classmates, recent post WWII immigrants. Everyone Ive ever known was either Neopalitan (I always thought the spelling was Napolitan, and yes, I do know how to pronounce it. 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). means someone who talks too much. Its Napolitano dialect. Ive studied language corruption. As I get more ideas, Ill check back in. Im inclined to agree with Mike on this one. 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. [FWEE-dee-DOW-goo], gabbadost/gab a tost hardhead (capa dura/capa tosta), gabbagul/gabbagool type of meat/food/idiot/fool (capicola/capocollo/capacolla) [gaa-baa-GOOL], gabbaruss/gab a russ redhead (capo rosso) [gaa-baa-ROOS], gabbadeegats/capa di cazz ball face (capo di cazzo) [gaa-baa-dee-GATS], gabish?/capish?/gabisc? I grew up in my grandmothers house hearing a lot of these words.to see them in one place brings back so many memories of growing up.she passed away on august 27 2011 and I will miss her everyday but I will keep her memory alive by teaching my children these words so that when Im gone they can teach there children.the warmth that I feel every time I hear one of these words or hear somebody speak in napolitan or broken English is indescribable.I hope to visit my grandmothers hometown in avellino sometime in the near future.anyway thank you for this website. Per cent anni is the correct spelling. Go to YouTube and pull up Pepino The Italian Mouse by Lou Monte Good luck on the dictionary. escarole Calencita, Correct my second possibility which would be HALF SAID = META DI DETTA. what is this? Ralphie. The letter P can sometimes sound like B when spoken in American Southern Italian dialect which is perhaps more of a corruption of a legitimate language (if any can be termed that !) So basta and chitto (a variation of zitto in official Italian are logically combined into one expression. Does anyone know this word and how it should be spelled? As a result they were dynamic languages more subject to changes over time. Sicily was also a Norman kingdom, Sicilians have viking blood. My grandpa was the only who could speak Neapolitan, so other family members dropping the ce from dice makes sense. MotherFker!!! When I was a boy we had an old lady relative all the adults called Ozzi. Cin daiu. It was used to refer to someone or something less than masculine. Sculabasta = colander The site offers two English-Italian dictionaries: The WordReference English-Italian Dictionary is a living, growing dictionary. Everyone I know of Italian descent uses this word instead of the standard Italian broccoli. Sometimes an adult would use it as a mild oath. her name was the American Ozzi. u Zi. It remains the default birthday dish in my family. There is no connection at all that I can see with spostata (Ital.) There were others but cant remember them right now. The meaning of ITALIAN AMERICAN is an American of Italian descent. & 2nd. What does (phonetically spelled) ming-ya-roll mean? I am twenty-four and I, myself, remember using the word baccaus for bathroom in school. (not sure if im spelling it right) My family still uses many of these words, mostly because there arent English equivalents. Its a bit strange the way you wrote italian slang words and you catched very different dialects from different regions, but its a funny idea. aneddu. [maa-ROAWN-aa-MEE-uh], menzamenz half and half (mezza mezza) [mehnz-AA-mehnz], mezzamort half-dead (mezzo morto) [METZA-moart], mortadell Italian sausage/loser (mortadella) [moart-aa-DELL], mortadafam really hungy/starving (morta da fame) [moart-aa-daa-faam], muccatori tissue (fazzoletto) [moo-kaa-TOE-ree], musciad mushy (musciata/ammosciato) [moo-SHYAAD], moosh-miauw very mushy (musciata miau) [moosh-meow], muzzarell/muzzadell Italian cheese (mozzarella) [mootz-aa-DELL], medigan non-Italian american/Italian who has lost his roots (americano) [meh-dee-GAAN], napoleedan/napuletan Neapolitan (napolitano) [naa-paa-lee-DAAN], numu fai shcumbari! She always said: It was the American Dream for immigrants and the American Nightmare for others. or its variation in Ital. Hello I am a Canadian, born in north western Quebec, in 1954. or anything else you want. And often very comical. sillily meaning: 1. in a way that shows little thought or judgment: 2. in a way that shows little thought or. I appreciate your work, my wife now has a better understanding of some of the things my Dad says! Bigatsu = dishtowel actually fessa means fool. I am inclined to agree with both of your posts. my family said ewe-Gatz. dont embarass me!/stop embarrasing me! Similarly for the uncle they say Im Polish and Im writing my thesis on family values and culture of Italian-Americans based on The Sopranos, and this mini-dictionary happened to be really interesting, so thanks a lot for Your effort. I too recall two versions of the plant we all call Sweet Basil in North American English. Luigi. Boston. In our house pizza fritta meant flat pieces of bread or pizza dough fried in hot oil in a skillet and then dusted with sugar as breakfast treat anytime. or Doggone!!!! Tuto fa-shad all messed up I too can confirm that in the southern or Calabrian dialect I heard the pronunciation that you described as cooloo. I love that you mention gagutz. Immigrants to North America were forced to invent new words for things which simply did not exist in their old country. Italian Slang Dictionary A. accidente m. nothing, zip; (lit. mmm maybe li surici (Italian i sorci. Grazie for this! See the following definitions: Language: a complete, independent form of verbal communication (example: modern Italian or American English), Dialect: a complete language derived from another complete language (example: Sicilian), Pidgin: an incomplete, secondary language formed impromptu by people in an area who do not speak the main language (example: Gabbagool). One of my favorites. Growing up in the Bronx in a three-family house with my Sicilian grandpa, parents aunts, uncles, cousins provides memories to last a lifetime. YES! [laa-shaa-LOO-ee], lasordida!/asodida! You will hear these words in areas where southern Italian immigrants settled. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I believe that /Y-E-O/, as you said they pronounced, wasnt the italians trying to pronounce hoe are you. My relatives from Naples are dark. Please feel free to add to our ongoing comments section to share your words and stories! Thanks for the dictionary. Love the Dictionary,brought a tear in the eye because my parents who are deceased are from R.I. and Ma.spoke this style of Italian. My grandmother, great-grandmother, and mother would put sliced, raw eggplant up in clay jars with olive oil, spices, and other veggies and we would put them on sandwiches. Maybe you were being compared to Bacigalupo. My barber is named Carmine and upon entering his shop many customers (those of Italian origin and otherwise, so well established it is as an Italian-Americanism) hail him as Camma-nooch (good little Carmine perhaps) rather than Carmine. It was so funny. Most of the Italian American slang I learned from my mom. ring. I havent yet read every word in the comments but I will, when I have time. Fun to see scola pasta here. & we still have relatives there. Recall that French domination of southern Italy lasted a long time and resulted in the introduction of new words that were not part of the lexicon of the Florentine dialect. I have respect for language that is local to a geographical area any where in the world. I so enjoyed reading through this! 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, all these in only one click on the word. 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). Anyone hear these words? Thanks.. My grandmother used to say (phonetic spelling) Guanda belle! Meaning beautiful one I think. She did use to word culu and I remember it pronounced as cool-oo, not cool-oh. Thousands of useful phrases, idioms and examples. 2. I guess it was the Mangiese la zudiccie that she was trying to say. (chissa?) 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 Southerners in the USA drop the g off anything ending in ing, and Southern Italians just drop the last letter off nearly anything. (It was still funny though). like umbriago which means no good drunker. (fa ti cazzi tuoi) [FAA-tee-GAA-tee-doo-yay], fattu napiridu I farted [FAA-too-naa-pee-REE-doo] (ho fatto napiridu), ffangul! That way, you're not constantly switching between two languages in your head. I still use these dialect words all the time without thinking about it!! Also, a cousin married a non-Italian and he was forever greeted as Hey, Mangia-cake!. a pietz would be la pizza in this restaurant I go to here in Giessen, Germany they feature spaghetti a matriciana a dish from Matricia. In Chicago, you would never find a pizza with the cheese at the bottom of the pizza with the extras on top of the cheese. ; 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. Vinnie from Buffalo & now in Cincinnati. I still pretty much remember how she said them. My grandmother (who will be 104 in October! [WAAR-daa], uarda la ciunca! So, lets say someone cut loose a really gross fart. I was told many early Italian immigrants worked as laborers for contractors. Im anxious to see any and all updates. No need to process as the pickling is sufficient! sugu= spaghetti sauce, My family used the term mangia-cake, which is a cake eater. I have a hunch go-vah-go-vah-gah may be a variant of vaffanculo? The first part of meen-gya-roll sounds like minchione (minchia means dick in Sicily), which is basically the same as coglione. We grew up in Jersey, Italian American. damnit (madonna) [maa-ROAN] its up in the list. The list and comments just made my day! (guarda!) Or, browse the Cambridge Dictionary index. Have you ever considered about adding a little bit more than just Reverso offers you the best tool for learning Italian, the English Italian dictionary containing commonly used words and expressions, along with thousands of English entries and their Italian translation, added in the dictionary by our users. A woman on Story Corps remembered going shopping for a colander with her Italian grandmother (who spoke no English) as a little girl. American Italian is an Italian-American pidgin language developed in the early 20th century by Italian immigrants settling in American cities and metropolitan areas, especially in New York and New Jersey. 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? Grazie. (mah-down, with down like own). Yandex.Translate is a mobile and web service that translates words, phrases, whole texts, and entire websites from English into Italian. I never heard the word biscotti til I was in my 40s!!! These words are still used today in italian american homes and communities. adj. Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English. 2023 How even an . Unless it depends on the region. It keeps these languages living. The va, fa, and culo were drawn out with the cu in culo given an extra emphasis. We have made every effort to mark as such all words which we believe to be trademarks. Its rich in language; mostly cultural difference and problems of assimilation. I remember my dad saying basnagol for basil. 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! Using one of our 22 bilingual dictionaries, translate your word from Italian to English Both of my moms parents were right off of the boat, as they would sayand the words and phrases shown above were exactly how everyone spoke in that town at that time.it brings back fond memories! oh my God! Using a lot of these phrases was prevalent not only among those of Italian descent but amongst all of us. 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? My family was Calabrezz. I stand Proud when I say that The Real italian Family way is and will always be very very Strong in my Tight Knit Family, We eat sleep and breathe Our culture still to this very day. [ke-FYE], chepreca! Means: Where did you go? It was a little vinegary, but delicious! I am just reading this now and it is brining back lots of memoires of my grandparents. English words for the Italian word schiacciare SCHIACCIARE = Lol. heres some others i say/know of which i didnt see here nice job on maing this web site. My grandfather said it all the time. Now my grandchildren use this work instead of colandar. My mothers favorites were, Ti Potza schiatta, Potza yetta u sangue. HOPE THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. Very Good. Standard Italian would have been fogasse or foccacia. Hi all. English meaning. Virgilio Sapere: online tools. Thanks for letting me know how mean spirited and foul mouthed my dad really was. (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! My friends could never understand why I didnt know Italian because it was just like Spanish. Used in anger, it translated, Death to your family!

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