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terminology translation #515121
10/12/08 10:43 PM 10/12/08 10:43 PM
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Hi GF buffs. I am new to this site and enjoying quite a bit so far.

I have a question about two terms used in the movies.

1)Passadevante. I am sure I have misspelled this as I cannot find anything on the web about it. Michael uses it quite a bit in the third movie and I am not sure what it means.

2)Bourgess. Again, I think I am misspelling this term. Michael uses it in the third movie in Vatican city after he has a heated meeting with members of International Immobilarie. As he is using this term, he and his entourage run into the young Father Hagen (the late Tom Hagen's son).

Can anyone provide translations for this?

Thanks.

CL

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Re: terminology translation [Re: Cardinal_Lamberto] #515122
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Pezzonovante = big shot.

Borgia = the Borgias, an infamous middle ages Italian family that dominated Italian politics and government.

Last edited by olivant; 10/12/08 10:55 PM.
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Re: terminology translation [Re: olivant] #515125
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thanks for the information.

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Re: terminology translation [Re: olivant] #515172
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Originally Posted By: olivant
Borgia = the Borgias, an infamous middle ages Italian family that dominated Italian politics and government.


And also the Church

"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
Re: terminology translation [Re: dontomasso] #518522
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OK, I use this thread to bring in my question. In the fish tank scene Michael says (according to the script) "Things may get tough with the move we're trying".
Anyway, I always hear "Things may get buff." Has it something to do with Michael's accent or do I get it completely wrong?
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I think it's actually, "Things may get rough." Pacino does exhale just as he says rough, though, so it could be confusing.

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"Buff" has some exciting possibilities. Imagine if Michael had intended to tell Tom, "Things might get buff--and we know how embarrassed you are by the size of your, uh, member..." lol

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
Re: terminology translation [Re: Turnbull] #518615
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Originally Posted By: Turnbull
"Buff" has some exciting possibilities. Imagine if Michael had intended to tell Tom, "Things might get buff--and we know how embarrassed you are by the size of your, uh, member..." lol



Yeah the family has a lot of "buff -- as."

"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."

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