Comments on: Italian Slang and Swearwords

By: ParmaGee

ParmaGee — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:57:08 +0000

TO the woman who wants to know what “Git-a-pots-ima” means : it sounds like your grandmother (nonna) was saying “That’s crazy….” Che pazza ( my mother is from Naples and we heard the most awful hard core insults growing up)

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By: martone armando

martone armando — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:47:37 +0000

roglia= leprosy
rogliolenta is a person with leprosy
Valeria-you are right in the interpretation of the words
Scattozza in the southern part of Italy is a person worth nothing
Pizza da festa= A retarded performing clown at a public celebration

By: Carl DiUbaldo

Carl DiUbaldo — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:30:38 +0000

Thank God for all the Italians that came to the U.S. worked at all the miserable jobs others would not and are finally gitting the credit they deserve.

By: Carl DiUbaldo

Carl DiUbaldo — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:26:59 +0000

My Grandmother kived on a farm in Colorado and had to go down a gully to a stream to get water. It was a hard job carrying the water up hill. She said she used to sing “WELLA – WELLA – SAL-MA-BECH GO TO HELLA” all the way down and back.

By: moonwillow

moonwillow — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:58:49 +0000

For Rose regarding scattozza. It is from the verb scattare which means to explode and scattuzo describes someone who flies off the handle and has a hot temper. I know because it is a nickname of my family.

By: Valeria

Valeria — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:29:54 +0000

My Dear Nonna, may she RIP, used to say the funniest thngs.
1. She used to say, when she was angry with us, (because we could be misbehaving brats sometimes), ” You sumanabitch, I’m a gonna killa you. and we used to run away and laugh so hard and then she would too.
2. She also used to say. “Mamma mia questa via” or something like that. Does any one know what it means? She used to say it when she was frustrated and I always thought it meant “Mamma mia, what I endure ( go through)!”
3. She also said mannaggia alot, among many other things.

By: KPD

KPD — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:48:05 +0000

@Joe -I believe you’re referring to “mannaggia”, which means “damn!”. My dad used to say ” Mannaggia la” (= “Damn it”), sometimes adding on “madonnaccia” (which I assume is the pejorative version of “madonna!”).

He also used the word “chooch” (ciuccio), to describe someone he thought was a jackass.

By: kathy davis

kathy davis — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:09:27 +0000

My southern Italian relatives used to use a word that sounded like “pizza da festa” to refer to someone stupid. I got the idea that it meant someone so dumb that he/she stood by and did nothing instead of acting.
Anyone have any ideas about this?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:16:39 +0000

My Sicilian Grandmother used the word Me-NAH-ga when something went wrong. Anyone know what that word means? I really appreciate the people logging in here and helping out!! it is wonderful. best regards