Onomatopoeia in Italian?

Question

What's the Italian equivalent for words such as, "**crash**", "**bang**", "**snap**", "**woosh**", "**wallop**" etc? Are there any onomatopoeia references out there that consolidate these equivalents in Italian?

Answer 1

Hi there,

This is a great question and one not often covered in language classes. Onomatopoeia does exist in Italian. Here are some articles with examples. Hope this helps!

—http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/grammar/onomatopoeia.asp

And a quote from an article in Italian that also gets into the use of onomatopoeia in poetry:

”Oltre ai classici bau, miao, grrr, chicchirichì ci sono parole che richiamano le azioni o l’utilizzo di oggetti, come ad esempio crac, plin, din don, eccì, brr, patapum, taratatà, patatrac.“

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