scaffarrata
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Sicilian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian scaffale (“shelf”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scaffarrata f (plural scaffarrati)
- glass-case, show-window
- 1875, Pitrè, Fiabe vol. 1, XIX Lu Scavu[1]
- Si fa chiùjri 'nta 'na bella scaffarrata, e si fa purtari 'n Portugallu.(he enclosed himself in a glass-case and had it transported to Portugal.)
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1875, Pitrè, Fiabe vol. 1, XIX Lu Scavu[1]
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- scaffarratazza - pejorative form
- scaffarratedda - diminutive form; = scarabattolino
- scaffarratana - augmentative form; = scarabattolino