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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstron.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -ontso
- Hyphenation: strón‧zo
Etymology 1
Germanic origin, borrowed from the Lombardic *strunz (“dung”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *strunt.
Noun
stronzo m (plural stronzi, feminine stronza, diminutive stronzétto or stronzettìno, augmentative stronzóne, pejorative stronzàccio)
- (vulgar, literal) turd
- (vulgar, figurative) asshole, shit, son of a bitch, a generally despicable person
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
stronzo
- first-person singular present indicative of stronzare