Italy is the country where the business of selling snatched pictures of the famous began and gave the world the word "paparazzo".
Source: tatoeba (2158168)
Paparazzo
//ˌpɑ.pəˈɹɑ.tsoʊ//
Synonyms for "paparazzo"
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60 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- ببراتزي noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- بَابَارَاتْزِي noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- پپراتزي noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Armenian
3 entries- պապարացա noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- պապարացի noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- պապարացո noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- paparatsi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Bengali
2 entries- পাপারাজ্জি noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- পাপারাৎসি noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Catalan
1 entries- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 狗仔隊 /狗仔队 noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 狗仔隊 /狗仔队 noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Danish
1 entries- paparazzofotograf noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Dutch
1 entries- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Esperanto
1 entries- paparaco noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Estonian
2 entries- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- võsafotograaf noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Finnish
2 entries- lehtikuvaaja noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- paparazzi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
French
2 entries- paparazzi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
German
4 entries- Paparazza noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- Paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- Sensationsreporter noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- Sensationsreporterin noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Greek
1 entries- παπαράτσι noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Hebrew
1 entries- פָּפָּרַאצִי noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Hindi
1 entries- पापारात्सी noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Hungarian
1 entries- lesifotós noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Indonesian
1 entries- paparazi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Italian
2 entries- paparazza noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Japanese
1 entries- パパラッチ noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Khmer
1 entries- អ្នកប្រមាញ់រូប noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Korean
1 entries- 파파라치 noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Lithuanian
1 entries- paparacas noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Malay
1 entries- paparazi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Persian
1 entries- پاپاراتزی noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Polish
2 entries- paparazzi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Portuguese
1 entries- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Russian
1 entries- папара́цци noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- paparaco noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- paparazzo noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- папараззо noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- папарацо noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Sicilian
1 entries- paparazzu noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Spanish
3 entries- paparatsi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- paparazi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- paparazzi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Tamil
3 entries- பப்பராத்சா noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- பப்பராத்சி noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
- பப்பராத்சோ noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Thai
1 entries- ปาปารัสซี noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Turkish
1 entries- paparazi noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Ukrainian
1 entries- папара́ці noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thợ săn ảnh noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאַפּאַראַצי noun (freelance photographer of celebrities)
Sample sentences
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Mennad is a paparazzo.
Source: tatoeba (8012948)
That man with the camera over there is a paparazzo.
Source: wiktionary
You may decide to shove the lens down the throat of your aggressor, in the style of an aggrieved celebrity seeking primal redress against a mischievous paparazzo; but then again, most ecstatic rituals are pacific in intent and you may find such violence inappropriate.
Source: wiktionary
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