menagramo
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Lombard menagràm. By surface analysis, verb-object compound, composed of mena (“to bring”) + gramo (“wretched (things)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]menagramo m or f by sense (invariable)
- jinx (person who is thought to bring bad luck)
- 1978, “Una donna per amico”, Mogol (lyrics), performed by Lucio Battisti:
- Che menagramo che sei // eventualmente puoi sempre ridere poi.
- What a jinx you are, // eventually you can always laugh.
Further reading
[edit]- menagramo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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