sbarazzino

Italian

FWOTD – 6 April 2022

Etymology 1

Probably from sbarazzare + -ino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zba.ratˈt͡si.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: sba‧raz‧zì‧no

Adjective

sbarazzino (feminine sbarazzina, masculine plural sbarazzini, feminine plural sbarazzine)

  1. impish, cheeky, mischievous
    • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XVIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 118:
      Marta sembrava trasformata, quei cappelli biondi e corti, con la frangetta e le virgole sulle orecchie, le davano un'aria sbarazzina e straniera, magari francese.
      Marta seemed transformed, that blond and short hair, with the bangs and threads on her ears, they gave her an impish and foreign air, maybe French.

Noun

sbarazzino m (plural sbarazzini, feminine sbarazzina)

  1. scamp, imp

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zbaˈrat.t͡si.no/
  • Rhymes: -attsino
  • Hyphenation: sba‧ràz‧zi‧no

Verb

sbarazzino

  1. inflection of sbarazzare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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