stronzata Italian · revision 38441

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1961, Ugo Simonetta|origins=lng *strunz}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /stronˈt͡sa.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''stronzata''' ''f'' (plural stronzate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|stronzo|-ata]], from the noun in its insulting sense, a stupid or despicable person.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary) The noun first meant a piece of solid excrement and is [[bor|lng|*strunz|t=dung]]; the insult spread from Rome, and DELI cites Zolli's view that Roman took it from the South, perhaps from [[scn|strunzu]] “worthless man”, recorded in Sicily in the 19th century.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Nocentini compares [[nl|stront]] and traces [[fr|étron]] to the corresponding Frankish word.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT and Zingarelli date the word to 1961, in Ugo Simonetta's ''Lo sbarbato'', where a brother begs someone ''di non dir stronzate'' (not to talk rubbish); Nocentini, Devoto–Oli and Sabatini–Coletti give 1978.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GDLI)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word first named stupid or spiteful talk and behaviour, the kind of thing a ''stronzo'' says or does.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011) From there it extended to anything badly made or worthless, such as a poor film, and to trivial objects or an easy task.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010) The GDLI quotes Paolo Volponi and Alberto Arbasino for it, in Arbasino's case for money squandered on trifles (''Sono stati spesi in stronzate'').^(GDLI) All the dictionaries mark it as vulgar.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1961 – Ugo Simonetta uses ''stronzate'' in ''Lo sbarbato''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(GDLI)

+ * 1967 – The related ''stronzaggine'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1978 – Nocentini and Devoto–Oli date ''stronzata''.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(vulgar)'' Stupid or nasty talk or behaviour, [[m|en|nonsense]], [[m|en|bullshit]]: ''Smettila di raccontare stronzate.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(vulgar)'' Something badly done or worthless: ''Quel romanzo è una stronzata.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(vulgar)'' A trifle, something of no importance; an easy task.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stronzo]]

+ * [[stronzaggine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}