ColoquialCampanianoun
scugnizzo
street kid / urchin / rascal
Equivalente formal
ragazzino di strada / monello
Ejemplos en contexto
"Gli scugnizzi giocano a pallone nei vicoli."
"The street kids play football in the alleys."
"Da piccolo era un vero scugnizzo."
"As a kid he was a real street urchin."
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Nota cultural
An iconic Neapolitan word for the clever, resourceful street children of Naples' historic 'Quartieri Spagnoli' and other neighborhoods. The scugnizzo is a cultural archetype — poor but cunning, sometimes pickpocketing tourists, always surviving by wit. The word carries both affection and social commentary.
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