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Italian
Etymology
From tormentare + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tor.menˈto.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: tor‧men‧tó‧ne
Noun
tormentone m (plural tormentoni)
- obsession, preoccupation
- catchphrase
- a tiresome and boring person; a bugbear
Further reading
- tormentone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana