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bama

Italian translation: provincialotto, zotico

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English term or phrase:bama
Italian translation:provincialotto, zotico
Entered by: Giulia Peverini

13:16 May 23, 2006
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Slang / car races
English term or phrase: bama
No way. You just a bama, boy.

How can I translate this term keeping the original meaning?

Thanks a lot

Giulia
Giulia Peverini
Local time: 12:07
provincialotto, zotico
Explanation:
E' un termine afroamericano, deriva da Ala'bama
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Daniela Di Falco
Italy
Local time: 12:07
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Grazie mille, ottimi commenti e soluzioni!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3sfigato/a
Daniela Zambrini
4provincialotto, zotico
Daniela Di Falco
4buzzurro o cafone
Noelia Fernández Vega
3non hai stile
galileo galilei


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sfigato/a


Explanation:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bama
Bama"
Originated from Black youth in Washington DC.
1. Original meaning was "cant dress well" or "fashion misfit"
2. Now the word has a more general use meaning "person", as how Whites use "Dude"
Originally, a Bama was a southerner (from Alabama, for instance) trying to blend in up north, but was so obviously country that it didn't work.
Now it's more general and just means something funny-looking, unsophisticated or country as hell.


Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Local time: 12:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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agree  Francesca Callegari
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agree  Francesca Pezzoli
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
provincialotto, zotico


Explanation:
E' un termine afroamericano, deriva da Ala'bama

Daniela Di Falco
Italy
Local time: 12:07
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
buzzurro o cafone


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-05-23 13:26:40 GMT)
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Non aggiungo altro........rispetto ai miei compagni......le spiegazioni date da loro sono giuste

Noelia Fernández Vega
Italy
Local time: 12:07
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non hai stile


Explanation:
you just a bama: non hai stile
per conservare il senso modificherei la frase così.

galileo galilei
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