sbarazzino

Italian

FWOTD – 6 April 2022

Etymology 1

Probably from sbarazzare +‎ -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zba.ratˈt͡si.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: sba‧raz‧zì‧no

Adjective

sbarazzino (feminine sbarazzina, masculine plural sbarazzini, feminine plural sbarazzine)

1. impish, cheeky, mischievous
   • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XVIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 118:

     Marta sembrava trasformata, quei cappelli biondi e corti, con la frangetta e le virgole sulle orecchie, le davano un'aria sbarazzina e straniera, magari francese.

     Marta seemed transformed, that blond and short hair, with the bangs and threads on her ears, they gave her an impish and foreign air, maybe French.

Related terms

• sbarazzinata

Noun

sbarazzino m (plural sbarazzini, feminine sbarazzina)

1. scamp, imp

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zbaˈrat.t͡si.no/
• Rhymes: -attsino
• Hyphenation: sba‧ràz‧zi‧no

Verb

sbarazzino

1. inflection of sbarazzare:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative