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Mafioso¹
- /ˌmɑfiˈoʊˌsoʊ/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian mafioso, from Sicilian mafiusu.
noun Mafiosos · Mafiosi · mafioso · maffioso
- A member of the Mafia. Phil put his arms around him. Drew him in close, pressed his cheek to Dane's the way the Mafiosi in the fifties would kiss somebody right before they punched his ticket.
- A male member of the Mafia. The widow of one murdered Mafioso gave her son the bloody jacket that her husband had been killed in. […] So far there has not been a Mafiosa who has made it to the top on her own.
mafioso²
noun mafiosos · mafiosi
- Alternative letter-case form of Mafioso Ask any FBI man who's ever tried to harass a mafioso.
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noun member of the mafia — see also mobster
| Español | mafioso, mafiosa |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 黑手黨成員 /黑手党成员 hēishǒudǎng chéngyuán |
| Português | mafioso, mafiosa |
| Français | mafieux, mafieuse |
| Deutsch | Mafioso, Mafiosa |
| Italiano | mafioso, mafiosa, uomo d'onore |
| Ελληνικά | μαφιόζος mafiózos |
| Română | mafios, mafioso, mafiot, mafioasă |
| Русский | мафио́зи mafiózi, мафио́зник mafióznik |
| עברית | מאפיונר |
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title = {mafioso},
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