goofball

[ngp50]

que si dice "goofball" in italiano?

 

[Gianni]

Come si dice 'goofball'?

Maybe it's 'asino'. (jackass)

 

[ngp50]

perhaps coulo?

 

[mimitabby]

goofball could be a little sweeter than culo or asino

when i call someone a goofballl, it's more like dummy than ass.

 

[Silvia]

goofball could be a little sweeter than culo or asino

when i call someone a goofballl, it's more like dummy than ass.

wait, wait, wait, in Italian those two words have nothing in common!

 

[mimitabby]

Silvia, I was wondering about that. in Italiano, Asino is just an animal.
here it means much more.
how do you say "I was wondering about that"??

 

[ngp50]

speaking of culo, my paternal grandparents were among the many sicilians who left for american at the turn of the century.
The bits of language that survive from them apparently are in a sicilian dialect. For example, they didn't say culo, but culu. It appears that sicilians from that period substituted u for a lot of letters.
Pasta e fagiole became pasta fazu.

Does anyone have any experience with this dialect?

 

[mimitabby]

there is a guy, his name is Paolo Rausch who speaks Sicilian as his first language.
he's new, but has been rather active.

 

[ngp50]

tante grazie

 

[Silvia]

how do you say "I was wondering about that"??

Me lo stavo domandando (and asino not Asino)

 

[Silvia]

there is a guy, his name is Paolo Rausch who speaks Sicilian as his first language.

I would say American Sicilian

 

[Raimondo]

I would say that "sciocco" would translate to "goof ball". I am an American with parents and brother from Sicily and I do have some background in the Sicilian dialect.

 

[Silvia]

Now I'll tell you what my dictionary says:
goofball:
1. sigaretta di marijuana; (pillola) barbiturico, tranquillante
2. goofer/goofballer

Goofballer:
fumatore di marijuana, consumatore di barbiturici e/o tranquillanti

Goofer:
sciocco, stupido, babbeo (oldfashioned), credulone

 

[mimitabby]

yes, goofball used to be a word used to describe barbituates, but not for years!
i would say sciocco is closer. If my husband put his hat on backwards and his glasses
upside down and was making funny faces i would say "you silly goofball"

 

[lsp]

does scemo = dummy?

 

[lsp]

Silvia, your dictionary and common usage have grown apart. A goofball is someone who kids around in a silly way. Goofer is unknown to me.

 

[Silvia]

Yes, lsp, I know, I know

fare lo scemo, fare il pagliaccio could fit then

 

[Gianni]

I'm inclined to agree with you. More like a 'nincompoop' than a severely incompetent, lame-brain ass. But ,as usual, it depends on the context.