grullerello

Italian

Etymology

From grullo (“fool”) +‎ -erello

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrul.leˈrɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: grul‧le‧rèl‧lo

Noun

grullerello m (masculine plural grullerelli, feminine grullerella, feminine plural grullerelle)

  1. diminutive of grullo
    • 1883, Carlo Collodi, chapter 4, in Le Avventure di Pinocchio; republished ‎[1]Milano: Casa Editrice Bietti, 1954, page 20:
      Povero grullerello! Ma non sai che, facendo così, diventerai da grande un bellissimo somaro e che tutti si piglieranno gioco di te?
      Poor little fool! But, don't you know that, doing this, you will grow up to be a great jackass and all will poke fun at you?
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