bonazza

Italian

Noun

bonazza f (plural bonazze)

looker (attractive young lady)

Venetian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bonacia.

Noun

bonazza f (uncountable)

lull, dead calm, calm sea
bonazza pachèa ― very calm sea
(figurative) peacefulness, tranquility
Qua son più a la bonazza.
I feel safer here.

Derived terms

bonazzar

Descendants

→ Albanian: bunacë
→ Greek: μπουνάτσα (bounátsa)
→ Serbo-Croatian: bònaca／бо̀наца

References

Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “bonazza”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 90c

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