There are three words I always use to describe my three-year-old son in Italian: naughty, rogue And today, Burburn.
Burburn
when Burburn conveys meaning dirty or despicablewhich almost always appears in expressions (play) naughty tricks (Play dirty trick).
You played a dirty trick on me.
You played a dirty trick on me.
Alternatively, it can have an intensifying function, emphasizing e.g. Fredo (cold), hot (hot), Fear (Fear), reputation (hunger), seven (Thirsty) etc. For example:
- very cold (very cold)> It's getting cold, you gangster (the weather is very cold)
- It's hot (It's hot)> this is a hot gangster (the weather is very hot)
- Fear (Fear)> Have naughty fears (terrified)
- hungry (hungry)> Hungry (very hungry)
- Thirsty (Thirsty)> Have naughty thirst (very thirsty)
However, most Italian learners are more familiar with this term Burburn Than use adjectives.When used as a noun, it means rogue or naughty boy/girl, usually aimed at children.it can be considered a synonym again and again or rogue.
Come here, you gangster, I'm here to catch you!
Little rascal, come here, I'll catch you!
Whether you use it as an adjective or a noun, it has masculine, feminine, and plural forms, as shown below. Note that the masculine singular form is the same as the feminine plural form.
- Burburn = masculine, singular
- Bebona = feminine, singular
- Bilboni = masculine, plural
- Burburn = feminine, plural
Humorous derivative products Burburn yes Bill Boncello It means exactly the same thing.
Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.
