sciuscià

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (invariable, masculine) shoeshine
2. (invariable, masculine) shoeblack / bootblack (person)

Sinonieme

lustrascarpe

Vertalings

limpiabotas

Schuhputzen

cirage de chaussure

cireur de chaussure

Gekoppel as

sciu‧scià

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʃuʃˈʃa/

Etimologie (Engels)

A borrowing from English shoeshine, used by poor Neapolitan children—at the time of the US occupation of Naples during World War II—to advertise their services as shoeshiners on the streets. The word was popularized through the 1946 movie Sciuscià, directed by Vittorio De Sica.