Muy informalPugliainterjection
madonna!
oh my God! / Jesus! / good Lord!
Traducción literal
"the Madonna / Virgin Mary"
Equivalente formal
mio Dio! / cielo!
Ejemplos en contexto
"Madonna, che spavento mi hai fatto!"
"Oh my God, you scared me!"
"Madonna mia, quanto costa?!"
"Good Lord, how much does it cost?!"
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Nota cultural
Used across all of Southern Italy (and increasingly everywhere), this invocation of the Virgin Mary expresses shock, frustration, or exasperation. In the deeply Catholic South, religious exclamations are paradoxically the most common form of casual swearing. 'Madonna' can be extended to 'madonna santa' or 'madonna mia' for extra emphasis.
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