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I RUMORI
Alcuni termini riproducono rumori di oggetti o eventi, spesso con combinazioni di lettere non comuni al resto della lingua. Sono usate spesso nei fumetti, nel linguaggio dei bambini. Notare che non necessariamente corrspondono nelle diverse lingue.
| bau bau | to imitate a dog barking |
|
brr |
to indicate that is cold |
| ciuf ciuf | to imitate the sound of a steam train |
| clang | to imitate the sound of a bell |
| Clof, clop, cloch,
cloffete, cloppete, clocchette, chchch... |
to imitate the sound of a sick fountain (Aldo Palazzeschi) |
|
crac |
to imitate the breaking of something |
|
din don dan |
to imitate the sound of bells |
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drin drin |
to imitate the sound of a bicycle bell |
|
eccì |
the sound of sneezing |
|
ecciù |
the sound of sneezing |
|
glu glu glu |
to indicate the sound of drinking a liquid |
|
patapunfete |
to indicate the sound of a person falling |
| pfui | to indicate disdain |
| pss | to ask for silence of attract attention |
|
pum pum |
to imitate the sound of a gun |
| scio | to send someone away |
| splash | to reproduce the sound of an object or a person falling into water |
| squit | to reproduce the sound of a mouse |
| st, sst, ssst ,sss, ssh | to ask someone to be quiet |
| tapum | to reproduce the sound of a rifle |
| tarà, tarattà, tatattattatà, tatà, taaà | to reproduce the sound of a trumpet |
|
tic tac |
to imitate the sound of a clock |
| tin tin | to reproduce the sound of a bell |
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toc toc |
to imitate the sound of knocking |
| tric, trac, tricche tracche | to reproduce the sound of an object cracking |
| tuff | to reproduce the sound of an object falling in water |
| ue | to imitate a child crying |
| uff, uffa, auffa | to indicate boredom, impatience |
| uh | to imitate the sound of a ghost |
| vroom | to imitate the sound of a car |
| za, zac | to reproduce the sound of a cutting object |
| zaff, zaffe, zaffete | to reproduce the sound of grabbing or snatching something fast |
| zig zag | to indicate a way of moving constantly changing direction |
| ziro ziro | to imitate the sound of a violin badly played |
|
zum zum |
to imitate the sound of a musical instrument |
| zump | to imitate the sound of jumping |
|
zzz, zszszs |
to imitate the osund of sleeping or of a mosquito |
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