gragnuola

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡraɲˈɲwɔ.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: gra‧gnuò‧la

Noun

gragnuola f (plural gragnuole)

  1. (literary) Alternative form of gragnola
    • 2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo secondo [Second Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (overall work in Italian, Venetian, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., →ISBN, page 283:
      «Maladeta ti e me fradèo», pensava Accio sotto la gragnuola, «ch’av vegna un càncher a tuti dó».
      "Goddamn you and my brother!" Accio thought while being smacked, "I hope you both die."
      (literally, “"Curse you and my brother," was thinking Accio under the hail [of smacks], "may both of you get cancer."”)
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