perbacco

Italian

Etymology

From per +‎ Bacco. Compare Latin perbacchor (“to revel or carouse throughout”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /perˈbak.ko/[1]
  • Rhymes: -akko
  • Hyphenation: per‧bàc‧co

Interjection

perbacco

  1. by Jove!, good heavens!
  2. gee, blast, blimey, crikey

References
  1. perbacco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading
  • perbacco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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