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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “sea wolf”. Compare French loup de mer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.po di ˈma.re/
- Hyphenation: lù‧po‧di‧mà‧re
Noun
lupo di mare m (plural lupi di mare)
- seadog, old salt (experienced sailor)
- 1991, L'isola inaudita, Eduardo Mendoza, p. 44:
"Io credevo che i lupi di mare queste cose le sapessero sempre," disse Fábregas. "I lupi di mare forse sì," rispose il vecchio barcaiolo "ma io sono solo un marinaio d'acqua dolce che si guadagnare da vivere portando in giro i turisti."- "I thought that seadogs would always know these things," said Fábregas. "Perhaps seadogs do," responded the old boatman, "but I'm just a landlubber who makes his living taking tourists around."
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