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gumbadi

English translation: cumpari

22:56 Aug 10, 2004
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Italian term or phrase: gumbadi
it means a friend or like a relative
Luigi
English translation:cumpari
Explanation:
Maybe? It would be the Sicilian form of "compare" = old friend (colloquial) or godfather/sponsor
GUMBADI= never heard
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Giusi Pasi
Italy
Local time: 04:25
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cumpari


Explanation:
Maybe? It would be the Sicilian form of "compare" = old friend (colloquial) or godfather/sponsor
GUMBADI= never heard

Giusi Pasi
Italy
Local time: 04:25
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relative


Explanation:
This word is made of 2 components con and padre.
I suppose this is a south italian sonorization of consonants, c=g,p=b.
I think it is like saying "brother" tu somebody who might not be a relative.

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Note added at 29 mins (2004-08-10 23:26:35 GMT)
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Probably this comes from spanish occupation of Sicily and Naples. Relative in spanish es compadre.
Nella prima metà del Quattrocento, allorché si concluse la conquista aragonese di Napoli da parte del Magnanimo, già si ebbe la prima diffusione del catalano e del castigliano nel Napoletano. Lo stesso re scriveva e parlava in queste due lingue; spagnuolo era il linguaggio della corte e della cancelleria; spagnuola la letteratura cortigiana. Ancora durante il regno del suo successore Ferrante i registri di cancelleria furono redatti per lungo tempo in catalano e in castigliano; poi, a mano a mano, cominciò a penetrare nei documenti il caratteristico volgare napoletano, infarcito anch\'esso di numerosi spagnolismi: difatti basta una sia pur rapida scorsa per incontrare, non solo nelle carte di archivio ma anche nei rimatori colti e popolareggianti del tempo, vocaboli di trasparentissima origine spagnuola.
http://www.librerianeapolis.it/pages/Schede/LinguaSpagnolaeD...

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