polezzare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• polizzare, pulezzare, pulizzare; polezzà, polizzà, pulezzà, pulizzà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *politiāre, derived from Latin polīre. Compare Sicilian pulizziari.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [pulədˈd͡za]

Verb

polezzare

1. to polish
2. to clean
3. to sweep
4. to tidy up

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1551: “la spazzola; pulire (i vestiti)” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “polezzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano