gragnuola

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraɲˈɲwɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: gra‧gnuò‧la

Noun

gragnuola f (plural gragnuole)

1. (literary) Alternative form of gragnola
   • 2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo secondo [Second Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (overall work in Italian, Venetan, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., →ISBN, page 283:

     «Maladeta ti e me fradèo», pensava Accio sotto la gragnuola, «ch’av vegna un càncher a tuti dó».

     "Goddamn you and my brother!" Accio thought while being smacked, "I hope you both die."

     (literally, “"Curse you and my brother," was thinking Accio under the hail [of smacks], "may both of you get cancer."”)