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Chapter 5-9 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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anziano | eldery |
bastone | cane |
matto | crazy |
prendere in giro | to make fun to/ to tease |
abbaiare | to bark |
attaccare bottone | to chat someone up |
borraccia | water bottle |
sussidiario | elementary school book |
avere sete | to be thirsty |
socchiudere | to squint |
l'omerta' | the code of silence |
assistere | to witness |
nascondere | to hide |
latifondisti | landowners |
cupola | mafia comission |
delitto | a crime |
radice | root |
ospite | guest |
custode | guardian of farm |
pizzo | mafia tax |
agrumi | citruses |
braccianti | laborers |
potere | power |
guerra | war |
fiume | river |
rubare | to steal |
cosca | mafia family |
gabellotto | person who rented land from land owner |
cambieri | hired by Gabellotto to oversee labor on farm |
Cosa Nostra | our thing/ in Sicily |
Mastrosso | 'Ndrangheta mafia (Calabria) |
Carcagnosso | camorra mafia (Campania) |
Osso | remains in Sicily |