paisano
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/, /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/
Noun
paisano (plural paisanos)
- (Alternate spelling of paesano, from Neapolitan language "paisano," often shortened to "paisan" or "paesan") among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent, a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian.
- native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry
- (US, Southwestern US) roadrunner
- about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
- Within a very few minutes the cattleman was mounted and away. Paisano, well named after that ungainly but swift-running bird, struck into his long lope that ate up the ground like a strip of macaroni.
- about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧i‧sa‧no
Neapolitan
Noun
paisano
- a fellow countryman or compatriot
Spanish
Etymology
From Old French païsan, itself from Latin pagus (“countryside”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paiˈsano/, [pai̯ˈsano]
Noun
paisano m (plural paisanos, feminine paisana, feminine plural paisanas)
- a fellow countryman
- a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside)
- (Jewish) a fellow Jew
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