turmiento
Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin tormentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
turmiento m (plural turmiente)
- torment, storm
- Ma nun mme lassá/Nun darme stu turmiento!
- But don't leave me/Don't give me this torment!
- Ah comme se fa'/a da' 'e turmiente all'anema ca vo' vula!
- Ah how is it possible/To give torments to the soul who wants to fly!
References edit
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “turmiénto”, in Schedario Napoletano