mafioso

mafioso

See also: Mafioso

English

Noun

mafioso (plural mafiosos or mafiosi)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Mafioso
   • 1988, August 19, “Neil Elliot”, in Copping Out‎:

     Ask any FBI man who's ever tried to harass a mafioso.

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Danish

Etymology

From Italian mafioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mafioːso/, [mɑfiˈoːso], [mafiˈoːso]

Noun

mafioso c (singular definite mafiosoen, plural indefinite mafiosoer)

1. Mafioso (member of the mafia)

Inflection

Declension of mafioso

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mafioso	mafiosoen	mafiosoer	mafiosoerne
genitive	mafiosos	mafiosoens	mafiosoers	mafiosoernes

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian mafioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑfio(ː)so/, [ˈmɑfiˌo̞(ː)s̠o̞]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧fi‧o‧so

Noun

mafioso

1. Mafioso (member of the mafia)
2. Mafia, Werewolf (social game)

Declension

Inflection of mafioso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mafioso	mafiosot
genitive		mafioson	mafiosojen
partitive		mafiosoa	mafiosoja
illative		mafiosoon	mafiosoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mafioso	mafiosot
accusative	nom.	mafioso	mafiosot
	gen.	mafioson
genitive		mafioson	mafiosojen
partitive		mafiosoa	mafiosoja
inessive		mafiosossa	mafiosoissa
elative		mafiososta	mafiosoista
illative		mafiosoon	mafiosoihin
adessive		mafiosolla	mafiosoilla
ablative		mafiosolta	mafiosoilta
allative		mafiosolle	mafiosoille
essive		mafiosona	mafiosoina
translative		mafiosoksi	mafiosoiksi
instructive		—	mafiosoin
abessive		mafiosotta	mafiosoitta
comitative		—	mafiosoineen

Possessive forms of mafioso (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mafiosoni	mafiosomme
2nd person	mafiososi	mafiosonne
3rd person	mafiosonsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.fjo.zo/

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Noun

mafioso m (plural mafiosos)

1. Mafioso

Further reading

• “mafioso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafioso.

Adjective

mafioso m or f (plural mafiosos)

1. of or pertaining to the mafia

Noun

mafioso m (plural mafiosos, feminine mafiosa, feminine plural mafiosas)

1. Mafioso

Related terms

• mafia

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Italian

Etymology

From mafia +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈfjo.zo/, (traditional) /maˈfjo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: ma‧fió‧so

Adjective

mafioso (feminine mafiosa, masculine plural mafiosi, feminine plural mafiose)

1. (relational) mafia, Mafia; Mafioso

Noun

mafioso m (plural mafiosi, feminine mafiosa)

1. a Mafioso, a member of the Mafia, a mobster
   • p. 1993, anonymous plaque under the Albero della Pace, via D'Amelio, Palermo

     Tu che vieni qui a contemplare ricordati che non tutti i siciliani siamo^[sic] mafiosi e non tutti i mafiosi sono siciliani.

     You who came here to contemplate remember that not all Sicilians are Mafiosi and not all Mafiosi are Sicilian.

Derived terms

• mafiosamente
• mafiosità

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafioso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.fiˈo.zu/ [ma.fɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /maˈfjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.fiˈo.zu/ [ma.fɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /maˈfjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.fiˈo.zo/ [ma.fɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /maˈfjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈfjo.zu/

Noun

mafioso m (plural mafiosos, feminine mafiosa, feminine plural mafiosas, metaphonic)

1. Mafioso; mobster (a member of the mafia)

Adjective

mafioso (feminine mafiosa, masculine plural mafiosos, feminine plural mafiosas, metaphonic)

1. (relational) mafia

Related terms

• máfia

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mafioso.

Adjective

mafioso (feminine mafiosa, masculine plural mafiosos, feminine plural mafiosas)

1. (relational) mafia

Noun

mafioso m (plural mafiosos, feminine mafiosa, feminine plural mafiosas)

1. Mafioso

Related terms

• mafia

Further reading

• “mafioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014