toc mastoc

Italian translation: tutto finto e pure finto grossolano (tutta robaccia e robaccia vera)

15:40 May 8, 2002
French to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: toc mastoc
Splendeurs de Barbès! Que du faux! Que du toc ouais! Et du toc mastoc! Mais c'est ce toc qui m'enchante. C'était la pacotille qui m'enchantait déjà, tout gosse, quand je descendais de la morne rue Ordener.
Italian translation:tutto finto e pure finto grossolano (tutta robaccia e robaccia vera)
Explanation:
mastoc sarebbe il dispreggiativo di imponente ma siccome nel testo diventa qualcosa di incantevole forse è meglio la seconda...
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4mastodontico
Gilda Manara
4tutto finto e pure finto grossolano (tutta robaccia e robaccia vera)
maffie


  

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mastodontico


Explanation:
secondo il Boch - usato più che altro per la rima con toc, si potrebbe rendere anche con "massiccio"

ciao, Gilda

Gilda Manara
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tutto finto e pure finto grossolano (tutta robaccia e robaccia vera)


Explanation:
mastoc sarebbe il dispreggiativo di imponente ma siccome nel testo diventa qualcosa di incantevole forse è meglio la seconda...

maffie
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