Cicciottella

English translation: chubby, plump

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Italian term or phrase:	Cicciottella
English translation:	chubby, plump
Entered by:	achisholm

09:57 May 29, 2004

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary / childrens character

Italian term or phrase: Cicciottella

I have to translate the description of a childrens character who is described as:-

"Cicciottella, paciosa e leziosa"

"Plump, quiet and simpering" is what comes to mind, does anyone have a better way, especially for "Cicciottella", as this has to be a character with these characteristics but who is in the end the likeable heroine of the tale.

achisholm KudoZ activity Questions: 3242 (none open) (7 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 212 United Kingdom
Local time: 17:02

chubby

Explanation:
an alternative.

Hi Sandy :-)

Selected response from:

Sarah Ponting
Italy
Local time: 18:02

Grading comment

Cheers Sarah, i think this a good alternative to my one.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +8

chubby

Sarah Ponting

4 +3

tubby/podgy

Anthony Green

4 +2

plump

GAR

stout

Rowan Morrell

chubby

claudiazan

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

chubby

Explanation:
an alternative.

Hi Sandy :-)

Sarah Ponting
Italy
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1626

Grading comment

Cheers Sarah, i think this a good alternative to my one.

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

plump

Explanation:
I think your translation is ok, since "plump" also means "paffutella, grassottella"
Hope it helps
Cheers

GAR
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 759

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

tubby/podgy

Explanation:
My kids (3 and 6) are always using this term in a slightly derogatory way, more so than "plump" and "chubby" which are both rather affectionate terms. I thought too of "podgy", which is/was? so common among kids to describe those with the fatal flaw of being overweight

Anthony Green
Italy
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 725

26 mins confidence:

stout

Explanation:
Another option. The advantage of stout is that it can refer to character in a positive way (e.g. stout-hearted) as well as being plump, portly or whatever.

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Note added at 27 mins (2004-05-29 10:24:51 GMT)
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I see \"portly\" hasn\'t been mentioned by others yet, so that might as well be thrown in the mix too, although I still favour stout of the two. Portly does have a kind of nice ring though.

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 04:02
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 225

2 days 7 hrs confidence:

chubby

Explanation:
I would also suggest peaceful for paciosa since the Italian word is made up of two latin words meaning full of peace (check etymology).

claudiazan
Native speaker of:

Italian

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