Ugnelli: Claws.
Example: ‘I’ gattaccio che tù
c’hai in casa m’ha graffiato con l’ugnelli!’(‘That old cat you have scratched me with his claws!’)
Ziba: Old
maid.
Example:
‘Sieee, la Marcella brutta come llè, rimane ziba tutta la
vita!’ (‘As
ugly as Marcella is she’ll be an old maid her whole life!’)
A buco: To arrive right in time or when something fits
perfectly.
Example: ‘Maremma bona, co’ i’ traffico che c’era sono arrivato a buco prima che
chiudessero!’ (‘Damn it, with all the
traffic I got there just before they closed!’)
