by Mario Puzo
parli (PAR lee)—speak
pazzo (PAHT zoh)—crazy; mentally ill
per caritá (per car ee TAH)—for pity’s sake
per favore (PER fav OR eh)—please
per piacere (PER pee ah CHEH reh)—please
pezzonovante (PETZO novant eh)—big shot
salute (SAH loot)—roughly “cheers,” a toast
sciupafemmine (SHOOP ah FEM een eh)—womanizer
scucciameen / scucc’ (SCUTCH ah meen / SCUTCH)—someone who is a pain the neck, a bother
scungilli (skoon GEE lee)—a large mollusk with spiral shells, found along the coast of Italy.
sfaccim (sfa CHEEM)—southern dialectic vulgarity, literally “sperm”
sfogliatella (SFOO ya tell ah)—a triangular-shaped Italian pastry
sì (CEE)—yes
signora (seen YOR ah)—missus
splendido (SPLEN deed oh)—splendid
sta’zitt’ (STAH zeet)—shut up
stronz’ / stronzo, pl. stronzi (STROHNZ / STROHZ oh)—piece of shit, idiot
stugots / sticazz’ (STU ghatz)—from the Italian (qu)esto cazzo, which means “this dick” and a southern dialect cursing someone as a jerk
stupido (STU pee doh)—stupid
suicidi (soo ee CHEE dee)—suicides
va fa’ Napule! (VAH fah NAH poh lah)—exclamation; hell, damn—literally, “Go to Naples”
v’fancul’ / ’fancul’ (VAH fahn gool / FAHN gool)—literally something like “go do it in the ass”; generally means “fuck” or “what the fuck?” according to how it’s said.
Contents
WELCOME
DEDICATION
BOOK ONE: MOSTRO
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
BOOK TWO: GUERRA
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ALSO BY ED FALCO
GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN EXCLAMATIONS, CURSES, WORDS, AND PHRASES USED IN THE FAMILY CORLEONE
COPYRIGHT
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