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Italian
- regazzo (dialectal, e-coloured variant)
- ragà, regà (dialectal, apocoped, only plural)
- regazzì (dialectal, apocoped, diminutive)
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *ragacius~*ragatius, maybe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈɡat.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -attso
- Hyphenation: ra‧gàz‧zo
Noun
ragazzo m (plural ragazzi, feminine ragazza, diminutive ragazzétto or ragazzìno; ragazzòlo or ragazzuòlo, augmentative ragazzóne, pejorative ragazzàccio, derogatory ragazzùccio (“pitiful boy”))
- boy, young man
- Synonyms: (dated) garzone, giovane, adolescente
2020 May 28, Massimo Introvigne, “Lezione dallo Xinjiang: come il PCC tenta di “convertire” gli uiguri. Fallendo”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 09 June 2020:Dappertutto nel mondo ragazzi e ragazze amano ciò che è proibito.- Everywhere in the world, young men and women like what is forbidden.
- boyfriend
- Synonyms: fidanzato, moroso
- (archaic) young apprentice (e.g. in a workshop)
- Synonyms: apprendista, commesso, garzone
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Further reading
- ragazzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ragazzo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa