phrase
General Slang
bona nochy
· phrase · polari
Polari for goodnight — from Italian 'buona notte'.
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Polari for goodnight, lifted almost straight from the Italian buona notte: bona (good) + nochy (night). Polari pulled heavily on Italian and Mediterranean lingua franca via sailors and theatre folk, so the romance-language flavour runs all through it — bona on its own just means 'good' or 'lovely'. Used exactly how you'd use 'goodnight'.
“Right, I'm off, dears — bona nochy, see you tomorrow.”
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bona nochy In A Sentence
Right, I'm off, dears — bona nochy, see you tomorrow.
Origin & Usage
Polari (British gay cant), from Italian 'buona notte' (goodnight).
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