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suocera

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin socera, variant of socrus. Compare Sicilian soggira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈswɔ.t͡ʃe.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃera
  • Hyphenation: suò‧ce‧ra

Noun

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suocera f (plural suocere, masculine suocero)

  1. mother-in-law
  2. nagging woman
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References

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  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 32: “la suocera” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Anagrams

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