Italian word of the day
| Pronunciation | |
| English translation | Simpleton, dummy |
| Origin | From the Arab word mamlūk, “bought slave”; the Mamluks were originally enslaved soldiers, often of Turkic or Circassian origin, who became a powerful military caste in various Islamic empires, particularly during the medieval period |
Different forms of mammalucco in Italian
Like most nouns in Italian, mammalucco has two articles (definite or indefinite articles) and two numbers (singular or plural).
Un mammalucco
A simpleton
Dei mammalucchi
Some simpletons
Il mammalucco
The simpleton
I mammalucchi
The simpletons
Examples
| Non fare il mammalucco, è una cosa seria. | Don’t be silly; it’s a serious matter. |
| Sei un mammalucco se credi a tutte quelle storie assurde. | You’re a simpleton if you believe all those absurd stories. |
| Devi buttare la pasta dopo che l’acqua bolle, mammalucco! | You have to throw in the pasta after the water boils, you dummy! |
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