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Baresian for travellers

typical phrases of the tradition ofBari, translated

and explained to the poor foreigners


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U' pulp se coce jind all'acqua soje

Literal translation :

The octopus cooks in his own water

Metaphorical:

Give time to time


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Agguand' a Peppin'

Literal translation:Catch Joseph

Metaphorical:Expression used to suggest attention to

happening events. Be careful!!


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Mezza recch'

Literal translation:

Half of ear

Metaphorical:

Gay


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Le murte de chi t' murte


The dead of your dead

Metaphorical:

Offensive expression blaming the deadrelative


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Le megghje murte de chi t' murte


The best dead of your dead

Metaphorical:Offensive expression blaming the poor dead

relative (As the item 5 multiplied by two)


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Le megghje murte de chi t'

murte e chi t' stramurte

Literal translation:The best dead of your dead and of your extra

dead

Metaphorical:Offensive expression blaming the poor dead

relative and the most affective dead relative (Asthe item 5 multiplied by four)


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Le megghje murte de chi t' murte, echi t' stramurte e c' te

son le cambane a mort


The best dead of your dead, of your extra deadand of whom is going to play the bells at yourdeath day

Metaphorical:

Offensive expression blaming the poor deadrelative, the most affective dead relative and the

alive relative (As the item 5 multiplied by eight)


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S' fatt la fgura t!

Literal translation:You made your own figure!

Metaphorical:A jockey way to express compliment for

someone bad action


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Tiene cchi corne tu de na sporta

de cazzavune!


You have more horns than a basket of snails!

Metaphorical:

Offensive expression used for adulteratedpeople. Cuckold!


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Quand'j vvera la Madonna!


As far as Our Lady is true!

Metaphorical:

Expression used to swear


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La fess de soret


Your sister's pussy

Metaphorical:

No comment


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Capo!


Chief!

Metaphorical:Hey, guy!


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Mezza latrina


Half a public lavatory

Metaphorical:

Insult


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Ijiss sole!


Come out, sun!

Metaphorical:

It is not exactly a good beginning


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Facim la fine de le scarcioff'


We make the end of artichokes

Metaphorical:

It is not exactly a good way going


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Bell cazz!


Beautiful dicks!

Metaphorical:

I don't agree


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L'acqu j picch e la papr non

galleggj


The water is shallow and the duck doesn't float

Metaphorical:

The realisation that the lack of factors alwaysproduce negative results.


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Avim fatt trend, facim trendtun


We made thirty, let's make thirty-one

Metaphorical:

So far, we cannot come back.


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Le corne ca tine


The horns that you hold

Metaphorical:

Betrayed


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Facimmece u segn d'la croce


Let's make the cross

Metaphorical:

Bad way to begin! [religious]


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Si cadut da jind'o litt

Literal translation:You fell from your bed

Metaphorical:

You woke up very early this morning


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Passat u' sand passat la fest!


Passed the saint passed the party!

Metaphorical:

Time is gone and we don't need tocelebrate someone


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Ammandieneme 'ca

d'ammandeng!


Hold me that I hold you

Metaphorical:

We are both in trouble


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Stam sott o' cil!


We are under the sky!

Metaphorical:

Eventually we all are human and mortal![Religious]


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E jun!.....d cudd ca c'co l'ecchie

alla mgghiere


First is one ! ..... Said the one who injured

wife's eye

Metaphorical:

I am on the right track to finish a heavy task!


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Mazz e panella fascene le figgh

bbelle


Pools and rolls generate well-mannered

sons

Metaphorical:

Suggested way to breed children


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Panell senza mazze fascene le

figgh pazze


Pools without Rolls generate crazy sons

Metaphorical:Not suggested way to breed children / Wrong

sequence sources problems in the education field!


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U' Padretern da u ppane a c' non

dene le diend!


God grants hard food to whom is toothless!

Metaphorical:

Sometimes there is no justice in this world!


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La galline fasc l'ove e o galle

g'abbrusc 'u cule


Chicken delivers eggs and the cock has

a pain in his bottom

Metaphorical:

Complain about somebody else's hard

working


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Ammin la pet' e annascunn la

mane

Literal translation:You throw the stone hiding the hand

Metaphorical:You don't want to be responsible for

your action


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Non s scktann n'giele ca m'bacc'

te torn


Don't spit out the sky, cause it will back

on your face

Metaphorical:

Think before talking


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La cer se strusc e la prgission non

camin

Literal translation:The candles burn out but the procession

doesn't walk

Metaphorical:

The time is fading away and nothing ischanging


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"Comme j bell la puliz", dec

cudd che se g'r l'mutand

all'ammerse!


"How beautiful is the cleanness" said the man

who turned inside out his underpants!

Metaphorical:

No comment! Just disgust...

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