Noun: zingaro
Gender: m
Hyphenation: zìn‧ga‧ro
| Singular m | zingaro |
| Singular f | zingara |
| Plural m | zingari |
Sample Sentences
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Chi mi ha fatto le carte / mi ha chiamato vincente / ma uno zingaro, è un trucco. [1975, “Rimmel”, in Rimmel, performed by Francesco De Gregori:]
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Catene non ha, / il cuore è uno zingaro e va. (It has no chains, / the heart is a Gypsy and goes away.) [1971, “Il cuore è uno zingaro”, performed by Nicola Di Bari:]
Nouns inflected like zingaro
nipotino,
monferrino,
tiburtino,
evacuato,
angloamericano,
setino,
cristiano,
saputo,
favorito,
sciabordito,
somaro,
somalo,
ostrogoto,
sicano,
ugonotto,
ragazzino,
proscritto,
comacino,
nordafricano,
nizzardo, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Dissimilated form of earlier zingano, most likely from a Greek term meaning "untouchable". Compare the modern Greek designations Τσιγγάνοι (Tsingánoi), Αθίγγανοι (Athínganoi), τσιγγάνος (tsingános). Cognate to German Zigeuner.
2. The word is considered to be offensive by some in educated speech, the most common preferred euphemisms being nomade (“nomadic”), Rom (“Romani”), Sinto (“Sindhi”) and rarely also gitano (“traveller”).
3. Compare Sicilian zannu. See: German Nouns '
Zigeuner'.
Verbs referencing "zingaro"
Spanish Nouns
cíngaro, Romanian Nouns
țigan, Greek Nouns
τσαγκάρης.
Translations