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Other local dialects in Latinoamerica created by the Italian emigrants are the Talian dialect in Brazil and the Chipilo dialect in Mexico. The following is a small list: Anchoa (Italian dialect -Genoese- ancioa) Birra. Beer. From "Birra". Calarse. To digest (or sustain) something bad. From "Calarsi" with the same meaning. Chao. Friendly salute.
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The word eventually became associated with members of the Camorra and has often been used in the Naples area as a friendly or humorous term of address among men. [7] The word likely transformed into the slur "wop" following the arrival of poor Italian immigrants into the United States.
Finca is a Spanish term for estate. In English usage, [ 1 ] it refers to a piece of rural or agricultural land, typically with a cottage , farmhouse or estate building present, and often adjacent to a woodland or plantation.
The full Spanish lyrics of “Fina” by Bad Bunny featuring Young Miko. Lyrics courtesy of Genius [Intro: Young Miko] Ey. Miko, ey. Miko, ey. Miko, prr. It’s Baby Miko [Verso 1: Young Miko ...
Guido (/ ˈ ɡ w iː d oʊ /, Italian:) is a North American subculture, slang term, and ethnic slur referring to working-class urban Italian-Americans. The guido stereotype is multi-faceted. At one point, the term was used more generally as a disparaging term for Italians and people of Italian descent.
Zips (also Siggies or Geeps) is a slang term in the United States that was especially in use in the early 20th century.It was often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi.
However, in an earlier publication, the 1960 Dictionary of American Slang, written by Dr. Harold Wentworth, with Flexner as second author, spic is first identified as a noun for an Italian or "American of Italian ancestry", along with the words spic, spig, and spiggoty, and confirms that it is shortened from the word spaghetti.