No, it's not me who's asking this but my son.

He wants to know what "fart-@ss" is in Italian.

Also, what is the easiest way to say "mamma, may I sit on your lap?" Posso sedermi sulle ginocchia di te?

I think that would be sitting on your knee.

OH! Obviously you're right. God I'm so stupid sometimes! That's perhaps a too literal translation from Swedish, except that we'd rather call it "sit in your knee".

That's what people say here, as I often have an animal in my lap and they comment and they always say it is on my knee.
Would the other be cullone?

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Would the other be cullone?

I don't know. Culo di peto?

PUZZONE!!!!! (from PUZZA = bad smell)




synonims: scoreggione (scoreggia = fart in common talking but I don't know if it used in all Italy or if it is something peculiar of my zone)

Culone is just a big *** (like mine...but I'm not gonna post a pic for educational purpose )

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About the other question: "mamma, posso sedermi in braccio (a te)?" or "mamma, posso sederti in braccio?" (= mamma posso sedere in braccio a te?)

Remember that "a te" = "ti", but "sedere" is also reflexive and so also "sedermi" would be ok.

You can also use "posso sedermi sulle tue ginocchia?" / "posso sederti sulle ginocchia?"

Thanks, now I can continue his education in the Italian language. So far he knows the words "mamma" and "mela". He'll be fluent by April.

Our Italian friend here in Rome dog-sat for us while we were on vacation. He often points at the dog and says "scoreggia" now if you get my drift. Anyway, it is also the word for it in Rome.

I think that when it mixes with dialect is becomes "scureggia", that's why I wonder if it is scOreggia all over Italy.