Sicilian: cammurriare

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Hey, guys!

Do you people imagine what does this means?: "cammurriare"

Ex.: "Margherita continua a cammurriare Cris."
(The word goes precisely like this, with the italic).

Thank you, folks
 
    • Ciao Trosa!
    Here in Palermo, my hometown (Sicily), we use the verb "camurriare" with the meaning of annoying/bother someone... It's a dialect Sicilian term! No sign of it in any Italian dictionaries!
    What are you reading/translating and by whom?
    Hope this helps!
    Bye!
     
    Hi

    I 've seen it is a slangish synonym of "behaving as a mafioso does".

    In a more appropriate style it could mean: exploit, deceive...

    @ Simoril: just by googling the word you will get the meaning :)
     
    Only for the Neapolitan mafia... But I think "cammurriare", in this context, might be like "pissing her off" with some subject.
     
    Yes, Simoril, that's exactly the sense I suspected of! I have googled it, but it wasn't that specific as a live human source, like you ;), wanted to be sure.
     
    Trosa said:
    Yes, Simoril, that's exactly the sense I suspected of! I have googled it, but it wasn't that specific as a live human source, like you ;), wanted to be sure.
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    happy to help!
    ...and... Mr. Camilleri, author of Montalbano's adventures, uses "camurriare" quite a lot, with the same meaning. He's more authoritative than I am!!
     
    Oh, Simoril, the source is a book from Annamaria Tedesco, maybe she's sicilian...

    Yes, I know Montalbano a little, from the TV series, saw some when I studied Italian culture in the University. Andrea Camilleri is sicilian all right :)
     
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    Wow! Camilleri is a Sicilian I'm proud of!
    I couldn't imagine he was part of a subject at University!!!! Well done!;)
    Good luck with your book and... in case of any other dialect term, just whistle!:D
     
    Simoril said:
    :warning:"E' una camurria!" = è una vera scocciatura! è una grande rottura di scatole!:p
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    Si', ma c'era un personaggio che l'aveva lanciata in tv...non ricordo chi pero'. Io non conosco nessun siciliano, per conoscere sta parola in dialetto siciliano devo averla sentita in qualche programma televisivo.
     
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