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Italian
Etymology
From bamboccio (“chubby child, baby face”) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bam.botˈt͡ʃo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: bam‧boc‧ció‧ne
Noun
bamboccione m (plural bamboccioni, feminine bambocciona)
- Augmentative of bamboccio
- (informal, derogatory) a bachelor who lives with his parents
2016 December 12, Massimiliano Peggio, “Basta soldi del papà al figlio bamboccione”, in La Stampa:Quant’è dura la legge per i bamboccioni di genitori divorziati. A 24 anni, dopo aver abbandonato la scuola superiore in quarta liceo per dedicarsi a tempo pieno al bodybuilding, alle moto, ai bolidi Bmw e a qualche lavoretto saltuario, pretendeva di mantenere l’assegno di mantenimento di papà, ex manager d’azienda.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- baby face
See also
Further reading
- bamboccione in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- bamboccione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa