Calcabrina

Italian

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of calca (“stomp, trample”) +‎ brina (“frost”), literally “Frost Stomper”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkal.kaˈbri.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: Cal‧ca‧brì‧na

Proper noun

Calcabrina m

  1. a fictional devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy
    Hypernym: Malebranche f pl
    Coordinate terms: Alichino m, Barbariccia m, Cagnazzo m, Ciriatto m, Draghignazzo m, Farfarello m, Graffiacane m, Libicocco m, Malacoda m, Rubicante m, Scarmiglione m
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