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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl, “greengrocer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ɡaˈri.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧rì‧no
Noun
bagarino m (plural bagarini)
- ticket tout, scalper
- (dated) reseller
- Synonym: incettatore
1975, Antonio Gramsci, Sotto la mole: 1916-1920:E si ripresenta al nostro angosciato cervello la decrepita domanda: è nato prima l'uovo o la gallina? Chi esiste prima: il bagarino che induce in tentazione il proprietario, o il proprietario che induce in tentazione un cittadino, illibato per mancata occasione al mal fare, e lo fa diventare bagarino?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
References
- ^ bagarino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana