Historical criminal subculture and term of address in Neapolitan language
A guappo in typical dress at the end of the 19th century. Drawing by Filippo Palizzi, 1866.[1][2]
Guappo (plural: guappi) is a historical Italian criminal subculture and informal term of address in the Neapolitan language, roughly analogous to or meaning thug, swaggerer, pimp, braggart, or ruffian. While today the word is often used to indicate a member of the Camorra, a Mafia-type organisation in the region of Campania and its capital Naples in Italy, the guapperia (or guapparia; i.e., the guappo subculture) predates the modern Camorra and was originally a different and separate criminal subculture that considered itself very much independent of the Camorra.[3]
Historically, "guappo" referred to a loosely cohesive 19th and early 20th century subculture that thrived in the Naples area and, to a lesser extent, nearby regions of Southern Italy. The subculture stereotypically consisted of a type of boisterous, flashy, swaggering, free-spirited, and violent yet dandy-like criminal, pimp, outlaw, and ruffian that nonetheless followed a somewhat chivalrous code of honor.
^(in Italian) Il sequestro Cirillo: un caso a lieto fine in odor di Camorra, Storia in Net
^(in Italian) "Il guappo" di Filippo Palizzi: quando un disegno vale più di un libro di storia, Il Mediano, 29 August 2017
Guappo (plural: guappi) is a historical Italian criminal subculture and informal term of address in the Neapolitan language, roughly analogous to or meaning...
in 1908, and that it originates from the Southern Italian dialectal term guappo, roughly meaning "dandy", or "swaggerer", derived from the Spanish term...
dresses and carries himself in a manner reminiscent of the mostly Neapolitan guappo criminal subculture. Fanucci is a notorious Black Hand extortionist in Little...
Canada, United Kingdom Italian people Derived from the Italian dialectism, "guappo", close to "dude, swaggerer" and other informal appellations, a greeting...
1892), also known as 'O Signorino for his elegant manners, was a legendary guappo and the capintesta (head-in-chief) of the Camorra, a Mafia-type organisation...
Sant'Agata dei Fornai The original Italian release comprises six segments: "Il guappo", "Pizze a credito", "Funeralino", "I giocatori", "Teresa", and "Il professore"...
with mantilla, 1925 El majo de la guitarra, painting by Ramón Bayeu, 1786 Guappo Apaches Cholo Chicano Madripedia - Tipos castizos Archived 2011-11-06 at...
a well-known guappo or local boss. One of her brothers, Gennaro Licciardi known as "'a Scigna" (The Monkey) was a very powerful guappo, who later became...
Naples Laura Conforto 1954 L'oro di Napoli Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo") 1954 Una donna libera Solange 1955 Accadde al penitenziario 1955 Il piccolo...
passport" or "works on pavement"; it is actually derived from the term guappo (roughly meaning thug), from the Spanish guapo. Xmas did not originate as...
Erno Crisa as Il guappo Galeazzo Benti as Il soldatino Enrico Viarisio Franco Coop Renato Malavasi Cosetta Greco as Ex-amante del guappo Cristina Fantoni...
ethnic term for anyone of Italian descent, derived from the Neapolitan word guappo, close to 'dude, swaggerer' and other informal appellations. Some etymologies...
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Muntevergine (Mamma Schiavona) (with Mario Da Vinci) 1980 – 'A giostra 1981 – 'O guappo nnammurato (La Canzonetta, FDM 507) 1981 – 'O motorino (La Canzonetta, FDM...
passport" or "working off passage". It is a corruption of dialectal Italian guappo, "thug". The use of acronyms to create new words was nearly non-existent...
scrivere, a cura di Silvio Perrella, Lecce, Manni, 2002. ISBN 88-8176-274-9. Guappo e altri animali, disegni di Giosetta Fioroni, Lugo, Associazione Culturale...
village of Naples. Maresca was courted by a wealthy and powerful local guappo, or Camorra boss, from Palma Campania. Another suitor was Pasquale Simonetti...
"price president" earned three or four million per day. Simonetti was a real guappo, an imposing man with great charisma and a robust physique. "He was a tall...
Adalberto Maria Perrone Odds and Evens (1978) - Paragoulis the Greek L'ultimo guappo (1978) - Don Pasquale Ronciglio A Dangerous Toy (1979) - A bodyguard of...
secolo (1952) Jealousy (1953) - Baron Antonio Cavalcade of Song (1953) - Il guappo Violenza sul lago (1954) - Marco Mata Hari's Daughter (1954) - Prince Anak...
of Silence (1953) – Anna Maria Cavalcade of Song (1953) – Ex-amante del guappo Musoduro (1953) – Anita Scampolo 53 (1953) It Takes Two to Sin in Love (1954)...
his girlfriend, the then nineteen-year old Russo was approached by the guappo Teofilo Sperino. Later he also met Cappuccio, the head of the "honoured...
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