peracottaro

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From pera cotta (cooked pear) +‎ -aro.

Noun

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peracottaro m (plural peracottari, feminine peracottara)

  1. (regional, dated) a person who sold cooked pears (at local fairs)
  2. (Rome, figurative) an incompetent person; a good-for-nothing; an ignorant, rough person; a lout, boor
    Synonym: zoticone
    fare una figura da peracottaroto give the impression of being boorish or incompetent

Further reading

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  • peracottaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • peracottaro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication