menagramo
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Lombard menagràm. By surface analysis, verb-object compound, composed of mena (“to bring”) + gramo (“wretched (things)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
menagramo m or f by sense (invariable)
- jinx (person who is thought to bring bad luck)
- 1978, “Una donna per amico”, Mogol (lyrics), performed by Lucio Battisti:
- Che menagramo che sei // eventualmente puoi sempre ridere poi.
- What a jinx you are, // eventually you can always laugh.
Further reading edit
- menagramo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana