canaglia
Italian
Etymology
Vulgar Latin *canalia, from canis, corresponding to cane + -aglia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnaʎ.ʎa/
- Rhymes: -aʎʎa
- Hyphenation: ca‧nà‧glia
Noun
canaglia f (plural canaglie)
- scoundrel, rogue
- Synonym: birbante
- (collective) canaille
Descendants
- → Afrikaans: karnallie
- → Dutch: kanalje
- → Finnish: kanalja
- → French: canaille
- → English: canaille
- → German: Canaille, Kanaille
- → Polish: kanalia
- → Portuguese: canalha
- → Romanian: canalie
- → Russian: кана́лья (kanálʹja)
- → Spanish: canalla
- → Swedish: kanalje
Further reading
- canaglia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana