vastaso

Italian

Etymology

Sicilian vastasu, from Medieval Latin bastasius, derived from Late Latin bastaga (“luggage”), from Ancient Greek βασταγή (bastagḗ), from βαστάζω (bastázō, “I bear, carry”). Doublet of bastagio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vasˈta.zo/
  • Rhymes: -azo
  • Hyphenation: va‧stà‧so
  • (Sicily) IPA(key): /vaˈsta.so/

Noun

vastaso m (plural vastasi)

  1. (Sicily, chiefly derogatory) synonym of facchino (“porter; rough person”)

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