polezzare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *politiāre, derived from Latin polīre. Compare Sicilian pulizziari.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [pulədˈd͡za]

Verb

polezzare

  1. to polish
  2. to clean
  3. to sweep
  4. to tidy up

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1551: “la spazzola; pulire (i vestiti)” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “polezzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]
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