peracottaro
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Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pera cotta (“cooked pear”) + -aro.
Noun[edit]
peracottaro m (plural peracottari, feminine peracottara)
- (regional, dated) a person who sold cooked pears (at local fairs)
- (Rome, figurative) an incompetent person; a good-for-nothing; an ignorant, rough person; a lout, boor
- Synonym: zoticone
- fare una figura da peracottaro ― to give the impression of being boorish or incompetent
Further reading[edit]
- peracottaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- peracottaro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication