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guardone

voyeur

noun gwar-DOH-neh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Also means

peeping Tom

Usage Note

Guardone is an informal, colloquial term for someone who watches others without being seen, especially with prurient intent. It derives from guardare (to look/watch) with the augmentative suffix -one. The feminine form is guardona. In a milder sense it can simply mean someone very nosy.

Examples

"Lo chiamavano il guardone del quartiere."

Natural Translation

They called him the peeping Tom of the neighbourhood.

Literal Translation

Him they-called the peeping-Tom of-the neighbourhood.

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