ballerino
See also: Ballerino
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ballerino (plural ballerinos)
- The star male ballet performer of a company.
- 2007 June 17, David Colman, “The Merman of La Scala”, in New York Times[1]:
- As aware as you are, though, consider how much more keenly the leaping ballerinas and ballerinos of the world feel the tow with every move they make.
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ballerino (feminine ballerina, masculine plural ballerini, feminine plural ballerine)
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ballerino m (plural ballerini, feminine ballerina)
- dancer, ballet dancer (male) hoofer
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- ballerino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana