Pizzaballa

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Etymology

From archaic Lombard pizzaballa (“chatterbox; troublemaker, one who picks fights”), a verb-object compound from pizza (“light up”, 2nd person singular imperative of pizzà) +‎ balla (“bullshit”). Found especially in the Bergamo area.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pit.t͡saˈbal.la/
  • Rhymes: -alla
  • Hyphenation: Piz‧za‧bàl‧la

Proper noun

Pizzaballa m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Lombard

References

  1. ^ “Pizzaballa - Origine del Cognome”, in Cognomix‎ (in Italian), (Can we date this quote?)

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