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Sicilian
- paḍḍa, palla (desonorized, dialectal Italianate variants)
Etymology
Possibly from Medieval Latin balla, ultimately from Frankish *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɖˈɖa/ (standard)
- Hyphenation: pi‧bà‧ḍḍa
Noun
baḍḍa f (plural baḍḍi)
- (sports) ball (object used for playing games)
- ball (solid or hollow sphere)
- (usually in the plural, vulgar) i baḍḍi: testicles
- Synonyms: (vulgar) cabbasisi, còculi, cugghiuna, cugghiànnuli, tistìcula
Chi vinisti pi scassari i baḍḍi?!- Did you come to break my balls!
- (informal, figurative) something dull or boring
Chi du' baḍḍi!- What a drag!
- (colloquial) lie
- Synonym: minchiata
- (heraldry) circle-shaped charge
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Italian: badda (regional)