buzzico rampichino
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbut.t͡si.ko ram.piˈki.no/
- Hyphenation: bùz‧zi‧co‧ram‧pi‧chì‧no
Noun
buzzico rampichino m (uncountable)
- (games, Rome, dated) a variant of tag in which a player cannot be tagged if they manage to climb on any elevated place, like a rock or a step
- Synonym: rialzo
- Hypernym: acchiapparella
- Ma che stai giocando a buzzico rampichino?
- Are you not taking this seriously?
- (literally, “Are you playing buzzico rampichino?”)
Further reading
- buzzico 2 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- buzzico2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- “Buzzico rampichino, quell'antica acchiapparella alla romana”, in www.romatoday.it, 2021, archived from the original on 2022-08-29