vastaso

Italian

Etymology

Italianization of Sicilian vastasu, from Medieval Latin bastasius, derived from Late Latin bastaga (“luggage”), from Ancient Greek βασταγή (bastagḗ), from βαστάζω (bastázō, “I bear, carry”). Doublet of bastagio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaˈsta.so/
  • (Sicily) IPA(key): [vaˈsta.sɔ]
  • Rhymes: -aso, -asɔ
  • Hyphenation: va‧stà‧so

Noun

vastaso m (plural vastasi)

  1. (Sicily, chiefly derogatory) synonym of facchino (“porter; rough person”)

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