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donnette da cortile

English translation: gossipmonger

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Italian term or phrase:	donnetta da cortile
English translation:	gossipmonger
Entered by:	Pnina

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11:33 Jan 16, 2006

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: donnette da cortile

"A volte leggo dei messaggi e-mail dai contenuti disdicevoli e di pessimo gusto. La volgarità gratuita denota nell'individuo le sue carenze relazionali, come lo sparlare di altri che non si conoscono (è un'attività da donnette da cortile)."

Many thanks in advance.

Pnina KudoZ activity Questions: 180 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1465 Israel
Local time: 06:05

gossiper

Explanation:
donnetta da cortile significa pettegola, la connotazione è piuttosto dispregativa.

Selected response from:

Chiara M.
Italy
Local time: 05:05

Grading comment

Thanks for all the suggestions and input.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

gossiper

Chiara M.

4 +1

fishwife

Jean Martin

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

gossiper

Explanation:
donnetta da cortile significa pettegola, la connotazione è piuttosto dispregativa.

Chiara M.
Italy
Local time: 05:05
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks for all the suggestions and input.

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

fishwife

Explanation:
This is the term that immediatly came to my mind - it was often used where I grew up in the Midlands. Don't know whether it conveys the same meaning in Italian.

Dictionary definition:

"A woman regarded as coarse and shrewishly abusive"

Jean Martin
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:05
Native speaker of:

English