polezzare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

polizzare, pulezzare, pulizzare; polezzà, polizzà, pulezzà, pulizzà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *politiāre, derived from Latin polīre. Compare Sicilian pulizziari.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [pulədˈd͡za]

Verb

polezzare

to polish
to clean
to sweep
to tidy up

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1551: “la spazzola; pulire (i vestiti)” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “polezzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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