ghiaiaiuolo

Italian

Etymology

From ghiaia (“gravel”) +‎ -aiuolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡja.jaˈjwɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: ghia‧ia‧iuò‧lo

Noun

ghiaiaiuolo m (plural ghiaiaiuoli)

1. (northern Italy) someone who got gravel from a river (mainly the Po) to sell it
   • 2002, Luca Pes, “Le classi popolari”, in www.treccani.it‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 September 2021:

     […] elettricisti, ferrovieri, fiammiferai, facchini, gondolieri, gasisti, ghiaiaiuoli, venditori girovaghi, infermieri, tipografi, […]

     […] electricians, railwaymen/railmen, matchmakers, porters, gondoliers, gasmen, gravel-diggers, street vendors, nurses, typographers, […]

   • 2006, Franco Dolci, “Storie di fiume”, in www.orasesta.it‎^[2], archived from the original on 24 November 2022:

     Quello dei ghiaiaioli è uno dei lavori più pesanti e insalubri che esista.

     That of the gravel-digger is one of the hardest and unhealthiest job that exists.

   • 2008 October, “Raixe sconte”, in anteaspadova.weebly.com‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 November 2022:

     Paride, nel '43, ha 18 anni, fa il Jararolo, cavatore di ghiaia al fiume, scava e setaccia la ghiaia per venderla.

     Paride, in '43, is 18 years old, he works as a gravel-digger, gravel quarryman at the river, he digs and sifts the gravel to sell it.

   • 2013 October 13, “Campagna del Serchio 2013”, in pescainromagna.forumfree.it‎^[4], archived from the original on 24 November 2022:

     In età adolescenzienziale^[sic] ho pescato con un ghiaiaiolo mio vicino di casa ora come allora e che conosce bene i nostri tratti, […]

     In the teens I fished with a gravel-digger, my neighbour/neighbor now as he was back then, who knows our traits well, […]

   • 2019 December 21, www.bdc-mag.com‎^[5], archived from the original on 22 September 2020:

     Io nacqui Mtbiker diventai stradista e al momento sono un ghiaiaiolo...

     I was born an Mtbiker, became road racer and at the moment I'm a gravel-digger...