strampalato

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from strambo (“strange”) and trampoli (“stilts”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stram.paˈla.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: stram‧pa‧là‧to

Adjective

strampalato (feminine strampalata, masculine plural strampalati, feminine plural strampalate)

  1. odd, eccentric
    Synonyms: strano, strambo, bizzarro, stravagante

Derived terms

References
  1. strampalato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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