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pompinaro

cocksucker

noun pom-pee-NAH-roh Rare

Usage Note

Pompinaro is a strongly vulgar insult derived from pompino (a vulgar term for fellatio), with the agentive suffix -aro. It is highly offensive and confined to crude colloquial speech; reserve it for reporting such speech rather than producing it. The feminine is pompinara.

Examples

"Gli ha urlato contro chiamandolo pompinaro."

Natural Translation

He shouted at him, calling him a cocksucker.

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